#BC9869#BC9869

#BC9869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.076 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9869
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(34, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 7.17, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 30.63, 76.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0217 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.076 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5183, 34.1696, 18.1391)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9869 #698DBC

analogous

#BC6F69 #BC9869 #B7BC69

triadic

#BC9869 #69BC98 #9869BC

tetradic

#BC9869 #69BC6F #698DBC #BC69B7

square

#BC9869 #69BC6F #698DBC #BC69B7

split-complementary

#BC9869 #69B7BC #6F69BC

monochromatic

#765A35 #A07A48 #BC9869 #CFB593 #E2D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9869

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9869	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.076 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b694',
    500: '#bc9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9869;
$custom-light: #d2b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.976,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7018,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9869

secondary

#B0BED1

accent

#8CCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9869

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

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