#BC993F#BC993F

#BC993F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC993F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 3.12, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 50.78, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0048 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.115 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0292, 33.8347, 9.4927)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC993F #3F62BC

analogous

#BC5B3F #BC993F #A1BC3F

triadic

#BC993F #3FBC99 #993FBC

tetradic

#BC993F #3FBC5B #3F62BC #BC3FA1

square

#BC993F #3FBC5B #3F62BC #BC3FA1

split-complementary

#BC993F #3FA1BC #5B3FBC

monochromatic

#604E20 #8E7430 #BC993F #CDB26B #DDCA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC993F

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC993F	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b678',
    500: '#bc993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc993f;
$custom-light: #d4b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC993F

secondary

#8E9FC9

accent

#75D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC993F

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

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