#BC994A#BC994A

#BC994A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.106 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994A
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 3.85, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 45.79, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0084 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.106 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3679, 33.9702, 11.2766)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994A #4A6DBC

analogous

#BC604A #BC994A #A6BC4A

triadic

#BC994A #4ABC99 #994ABC

tetradic

#BC994A #4ABC60 #4A6DBC #BC4AA6

square

#BC994A #4ABC60 #4A6DBC #BC4AA6

split-complementary

#BC994A #4AA6BC #604ABC

monochromatic

#665226 #937636 #BC994A #CDB277 #DDCBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994A	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.106 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67f',
    500: '#bc994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994a;
$custom-light: #d3b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.579,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69921,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994A

secondary

#98A7CA

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994A

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

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