#BC993E#BC993E

#BC993E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC993E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 3.05, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 51.21, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0045 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.116 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0015, 33.8237, 9.3469)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC993E #3E61BC

analogous

#BC5A3E #BC993E #A0BC3E

triadic

#BC993E #3EBC99 #993EBC

tetradic

#BC993E #3EBC5A #3E61BC #BC3EA0

square

#BC993E #3EBC5A #3E61BC #BC3EA0

split-complementary

#BC993E #3EA0BC #5A3EBC

monochromatic

#604E20 #8E742F #BC993E #CEB26A #DDCA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC993E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC993E	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b678',
    500: '#bc993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc993e;
$custom-light: #d4b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC993E

secondary

#8D9EC9

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC993E

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

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