#BC994D#BC994D

#BC994D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.104 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 4.07, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 44.38, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0094 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.104 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4714, 34.0116, 11.8216)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994D #4D70BC

analogous

#BC624D #BC994D #A8BC4D

triadic

#BC994D #4DBC99 #994DBC

tetradic

#BC994D #4DBC62 #4D70BC #BC4DA8

square

#BC994D #4DBC62 #4D70BC #BC4DA8

split-complementary

#BC994D #4DA8BC #624DBC

monochromatic

#685327 #947738 #BC994D #CDB279 #DDCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994D	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)

#A99846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.104 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b681',
    500: '#bc994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994d;
$custom-light: #d3b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.081,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994D

secondary

#9AA9CB

accent

#7CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994D

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

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