#BC994F#BC994F

#BC994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC994F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 4.22, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 43.43, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0101 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.102 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5431, 34.0403, 12.1993)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC994F #4F72BC

analogous

#BC634F #BC994F #A9BC4F

triadic

#BC994F #4FBC99 #994FBC

tetradic

#BC994F #4FBC63 #4F72BC #BC4FA9

square

#BC994F #4FBC63 #4F72BC #BC4FA9

split-complementary

#BC994F #4FA9BC #634FBC

monochromatic

#695428 #957739 #BC994F #CDB37B #DECCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC994F

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC994F	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b682',
    500: '#bc994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc994f;
$custom-light: #d3b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.734,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC994F

secondary

#9CABCB

accent

#7DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC994F

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

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