#BC995A#BC995A

#BC995A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.091 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995A
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 90)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 5.15, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 38.13, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0142 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.091 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9772, 34.2139, 14.4852)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995A #5A7DBC

analogous

#BC685A #BC995A #AEBC5A

triadic

#BC995A #5ABC99 #995ABC

tetradic

#BC995A #5ABC68 #5A7DBC #BC5AAE

square

#BC995A #5ABC68 #5A7DBC #BC5AAE

split-complementary

#BC995A #5AAEBC #685ABC

monochromatic

#6F572D #9A793F #BC995A #CEB486 #DFCFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC995A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC995A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995A	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.091 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bc995a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995a;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995A

secondary

#A4B3CE

accent

#82D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995A

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

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