#BC986D#BC986D

#BC986D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.072 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC986D
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 109)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 7.61, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 28.72, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0234 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.072 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7287, 34.2537, 19.2474)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC986D #6D91BC

analogous

#BC706D #BC986D #B8BC6D

triadic

#BC986D #6DBC98 #986DBC

tetradic

#BC986D #6DBC70 #6D91BC #BC6DB8

square

#BC986D #6DBC70 #6D91BC #BC6DB8

split-complementary

#BC986D #6DB8BC #706DBC

monochromatic

#785A37 #A27A4A #BC986D #CFB697 #E3D3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC986D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC986D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC986D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC986D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC986D	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5996A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc986d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.072 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b697',
    500: '#bc986d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc986d;
$custom-light: #d2b697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc986d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.658,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70254,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC986D

secondary

#B3C1D2

accent

#8FCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC986D

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

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