#BC9865#BC9865

#BC9865 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.080 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9865
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 6.76, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 32.55, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0201 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.08 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3175, 34.0893, 17.0817)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9865 #6589BC

analogous

#BC6D65 #BC9865 #B5BC65

triadic

#BC9865 #65BC98 #9865BC

tetradic

#BC9865 #65BC6D #6589BC #BC65B5

square

#BC9865 #65BC6D #6589BC #BC65B5

split-complementary

#BC9865 #65B5BC #6D65BC

monochromatic

#745933 #9F7A45 #BC9865 #CFB590 #E1D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9865

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9865	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.080 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b691',
    500: '#bc9865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9865;
$custom-light: #d2b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.08027,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9865

secondary

#ADBBD0

accent

#8ACF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9865

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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