#BC9879#BC9879

#BC9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.061 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9879
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(28, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 9.03, 21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 23.23, 67.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0283 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.061 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4194, 34.5300, 22.8847)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9879 #799DBC

analogous

#BC797B #BC9879 #BCB979

triadic

#BC9879 #79BC98 #9879BC

tetradic

#BC9879 #7BBC79 #799DBC #B979BC

square

#BC9879 #7BBC79 #799DBC #B979BC

split-complementary

#BC9879 #79BCB9 #797BBC

monochromatic

#7C5B3E #A57953 #BC9879 #D0B7A2 #E5D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9879

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9879	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.061 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6a0',
    500: '#bc9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9879;
$custom-light: #d1b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9879

secondary

#BCC9D5

accent

#77AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9879

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

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