#BC995C#BC995C

#BC995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.090 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995C
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 5.33, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 37.16, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.015 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.09 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0634, 34.2484, 14.9395)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995C #5C7FBC

analogous

#BC695C #BC995C #AFBC5C

triadic

#BC995C #5CBC99 #995CBC

tetradic

#BC995C #5CBC69 #5C7FBC #BC5CAF

square

#BC995C #5CBC69 #5C7FBC #BC5CAF

split-complementary

#BC995C #5CAFBC #695CBC

monochromatic

#70582E #9B7A40 #BC995C #CEB487 #E0CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995C	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)

#A89957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.090 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68b',
    500: '#bc995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995c;
$custom-light: #d2b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995C

secondary

#A6B4CE

accent

#83D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995C

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

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