#BC994B#BC994B

#BC994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 3.92, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 45.32, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0087 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.105 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4019, 33.9838, 11.4554)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994B #4B6EBC

analogous

#BC614B #BC994B #A7BC4B

triadic

#BC994B #4BBC99 #994BBC

tetradic

#BC994B #4BBC61 #4B6EBC #BC4BA7

square

#BC994B #4BBC61 #4B6EBC #BC4BA7

split-complementary

#BC994B #4BA7BC #614BBC

monochromatic

#665326 #937637 #BC994B #CDB278 #DDCCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994B	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b680',
    500: '#bc994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994b;
$custom-light: #d3b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.416,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69933,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994B

secondary

#99A8CA

accent

#7BD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994B

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

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