#BC995D#BC995D

#BC995D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.089 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 5.43, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 36.67, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0153 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.089 80)
XYZ	xyz(34.1074, 34.2660, 15.1713)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995D #5D80BC

analogous

#BC6A5D #BC995D #AFBC5D

triadic

#BC995D #5DBC99 #995DBC

tetradic

#BC995D #5DBC6A #5D80BC #BC5DAF

square

#BC995D #5DBC6A #5D80BC #BC5DAF

split-complementary

#BC995D #5DAFBC #6A5DBC

monochromatic

#70582E #9B7A40 #BC995D #CEB488 #E0D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC995D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC995D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995D	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A89958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.089 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68c',
    500: '#bc995d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995d;
$custom-light: #d2b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995D

secondary

#A6B5CE

accent

#84D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995D

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

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