#BC9960#BC9960

#BC9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.086 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9960
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 5.71, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 35.21, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0165 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.086 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2429, 34.3202, 15.8849)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9960 #6083BC

analogous

#BC6B60 #BC9960 #B1BC60

triadic

#BC9960 #60BC99 #9960BC

tetradic

#BC9960 #60BC6B #6083BC #BC60B1

square

#BC9960 #60BC6B #6083BC #BC60B1

split-complementary

#BC9960 #60B1BC #6B60BC

monochromatic

#725930 #9D7A42 #BC9960 #CEB58B #E0D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9960

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9960	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)

#A7995B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.086 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68e',
    500: '#bc9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9960;
$custom-light: #d2b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.174,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9960

secondary

#A9B7CF

accent

#85D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9960

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

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