#BC993C#BC993C

#BC993C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC993C
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 2.94, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 52.08, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0039 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.117 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9477, 33.8021, 9.0632)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC993C #3C5FBC

analogous

#BC593C #BC993C #9FBC3C

triadic

#BC993C #3CBC99 #993CBC

tetradic

#BC993C #3CBC59 #3C5FBC #BC3C9F

square

#BC993C #3CBC59 #3C5FBC #BC3C9F

split-complementary

#BC993C #3C9FBC #593CBC

monochromatic

#5F4D1E #8E732D #BC993C #CEB267 #DDCA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC993C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC993C	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)

#AA9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b676',
    500: '#bc993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc993c;
$custom-light: #d4b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69773,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC993C

secondary

#8B9CC9

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC993C

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

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