#BC994C#BC994C

#BC994C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994C
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 4.00, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 44.85, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0091 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.104 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.4364, 33.9976, 11.6371)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994C #4C6FBC

analogous

#BC614C #BC994C #A7BC4C

triadic

#BC994C #4CBC99 #994CBC

tetradic

#BC994C #4CBC61 #4C6FBC #BC4CA7

square

#BC994C #4CBC61 #4C6FBC #BC4CA7

split-complementary

#BC994C #4CA7BC #614CBC

monochromatic

#675327 #947737 #BC994C #CDB279 #DDCCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994C	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)

#A99845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b680',
    500: '#bc994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994c;
$custom-light: #d3b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69945,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994C

secondary

#99A9CA

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994C

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

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