#BC995F#BC995F

#BC995F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.087 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC995F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 5.61, 35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 35.70, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0161 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.087 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1972, 34.3019, 15.6439)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC995F #5F82BC

analogous

#BC6A5F #BC995F #B1BC5F

triadic

#BC995F #5FBC99 #995FBC

tetradic

#BC995F #5FBC6A #5F82BC #BC5FB1

square

#BC995F #5FBC6A #5F82BC #BC5FB1

split-complementary

#BC995F #5FB1BC #6A5FBC

monochromatic

#71582F #9C7A41 #BC995F #CEB48A #E0D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC995F

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC995F	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)

#A7995A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.087 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68d',
    500: '#bc995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc995f;
$custom-light: #d2b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.419,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC995F

secondary

#A8B7CF

accent

#85D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC995F

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

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