#BC995B#BC995B

#BC995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.090 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 5.24, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 37.65, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0146 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.09 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0200, 34.2310, 14.7108)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995B #5B7EBC

analogous

#BC695B #BC995B #AEBC5B

triadic

#BC995B #5BBC99 #995BBC

tetradic

#BC995B #5BBC69 #5B7EBC #BC5BAE

square

#BC995B #5BBC69 #5B7EBC #BC5BAE

split-complementary

#BC995B #5BAEBC #695BBC

monochromatic

#6F572D #9B7A3F #BC995B #CEB486 #E0CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995B	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.090 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bc995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995b;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.351,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7015,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995B

secondary

#A5B4CE

accent

#83D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995B

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

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