#BC9874#BC9874

#BC9874 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.066 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9874
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 116)
HSL	hsl(30, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 8.42, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 25.46, 70.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0262 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.066 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1207, 34.4105, 21.3116)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9874 #7498BC

analogous

#BC7474 #BC9874 #BCBC74

triadic

#BC9874 #74BC98 #9874BC

tetradic

#BC9874 #74BC74 #7498BC #BC74BC

square

#BC9874 #74BC74 #7498BC #BC74BC

split-complementary

#BC9874 #74BCBC #7474BC

monochromatic

#7B5B3B #A4794F #BC9874 #D0B79D #E4D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9874

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9874	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A49A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.066 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b69c',
    500: '#bc9874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9874;
$custom-light: #d1b69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.06558,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9874

secondary

#B8C6D4

accent

#94CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9874

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

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