#BC9873#BC9873

#BC9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.067 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9873
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(30, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(30, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 8.30, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 25.92, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0258 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.067 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0628, 34.3874, 21.0069)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9873 #7397BC

analogous

#BC7473 #BC9873 #BCBC73

triadic

#BC9873 #73BC98 #9873BC

tetradic

#BC9873 #73BC74 #7397BC #BC73BC

square

#BC9873 #73BC74 #7397BC #BC73BC

split-complementary

#BC9873 #73BCBC #7473BC

monochromatic

#7A5B3A #A4794E #BC9873 #D0B69C #E4D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9873

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9873	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.067 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b69b',
    500: '#bc9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9873;
$custom-light: #d1b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.411,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9873

secondary

#B7C5D4

accent

#93CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9873

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

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