#BC993B#BC993B

#BC993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.118 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC993B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 2.88, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 52.50, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0037 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.118 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9215, 33.7916, 8.9253)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC993B #3B5EBC

analogous

#BC583B #BC993B #9EBC3B

triadic

#BC993B #3BBC99 #993BBC

tetradic

#BC993B #3BBC58 #3B5EBC #BC3B9E

square

#BC993B #3BBC58 #3B5EBC #BC3B9E

split-complementary

#BC993B #3B9EBC #583BBC

monochromatic

#5F4D1E #8D732C #BC993B #CFB265 #DDC994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC993B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC993B	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.118 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b676',
    500: '#bc993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc993b;
$custom-light: #d4b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.721,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69764,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC993B

secondary

#8A9BC9

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC993B

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

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