#BC993D#BC993D

#BC993D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC993D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 3.00, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 51.65, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0042 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.117 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9744, 33.8128, 9.2037)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC993D #3D60BC

analogous

#BC5A3D #BC993D #A0BC3D

triadic

#BC993D #3DBC99 #993DBC

tetradic

#BC993D #3DBC5A #3D60BC #BC3DA0

square

#BC993D #3DBC5A #3D60BC #BC3DA0

split-complementary

#BC993D #3DA0BC #5A3DBC

monochromatic

#604E1F #8E732E #BC993D #CEB268 #DDCA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC993D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC993D	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)

#AA9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b677',
    500: '#bc993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc993d;
$custom-light: #d4b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC993D

secondary

#8C9DC9

accent

#74DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC993D

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

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