#BC9866#BC9866

#BC9866 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.079 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9866
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 102)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 6.86, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 32.07, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0205 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.079 75)
XYZ	xyz(34.3668, 34.1090, 17.3413)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9866 #668ABC

analogous

#BC6D66 #BC9866 #B5BC66

triadic

#BC9866 #66BC98 #9866BC

tetradic

#BC9866 #66BC6D #668ABC #BC66B5

square

#BC9866 #66BC6D #668ABC #BC66B5

split-complementary

#BC9866 #66B5BC #6D66BC

monochromatic

#755933 #9F7A46 #BC9866 #CFB591 #E1D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9866

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9866	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A69962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.079 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b692',
    500: '#bc9866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9866;
$custom-light: #d2b692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70127,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.34107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9866

secondary

#ADBCD0

accent

#8ACF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9866

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

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