#BC9961#BC9961

#BC9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.085 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9961
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 5.81, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 34.72, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0169 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.085 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2893, 34.3387, 16.1289)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9961 #6184BC

analogous

#BC6B61 #BC9961 #B1BC61

triadic

#BC9961 #61BC99 #9961BC

tetradic

#BC9961 #61BC6B #6184BC #BC61B1

square

#BC9961 #61BC6B #6184BC #BC61B1

split-complementary

#BC9961 #61B1BC #6B61BC

monochromatic

#725930 #9D7A43 #BC9961 #CEB58C #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9961

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9961	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.085 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68f',
    500: '#bc9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9961;
$custom-light: #d2b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9961

secondary

#AAB8CF

accent

#86D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9961

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

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