#BC994E#BC994E

#BC994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 4.15, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 43.91, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0098 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.103 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5070, 34.0258, 12.0090)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994E #4E71BC

analogous

#BC624E #BC994E #A8BC4E

triadic

#BC994E #4EBC99 #994EBC

tetradic

#BC994E #4EBC62 #4E71BC #BC4EA8

square

#BC994E #4EBC62 #4E71BC #BC4EA8

split-complementary

#BC994E #4EA8BC #624EBC

monochromatic

#685427 #957738 #BC994E #CDB37A #DECCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994E	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)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b682',
    500: '#bc994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994e;
$custom-light: #d3b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994E

secondary

#9BAACB

accent

#7CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994E

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

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