#BC995E#BC995E

#BC995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.088 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 5.52, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 36.18, 81.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0157 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.088 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1520, 34.2838, 15.4061)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995E #5E81BC

analogous

#BC6A5E #BC995E #B0BC5E

triadic

#BC995E #5EBC99 #995EBC

tetradic

#BC995E #5EBC6A #5E81BC #BC5EB0

square

#BC995E #5EBC6A #5E81BC #BC5EB0

split-complementary

#BC995E #5EB0BC #6A5EBC

monochromatic

#71582F #9C7A41 #BC995E #CEB489 #E0D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995E	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.088 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68d',
    500: '#bc995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995e;
$custom-light: #d2b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.66,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70197,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995E

secondary

#A7B6CF

accent

#84D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995E

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

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