#BC9963#BC9963

#BC9963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.083 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9963
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 6.01, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 33.74, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0177 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.083 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3837, 34.3765, 16.6262)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9963 #6386BC

analogous

#BC6D63 #BC9963 #B3BC63

triadic

#BC9963 #63BC99 #9963BC

tetradic

#BC9963 #63BC6D #6386BC #BC63B3

square

#BC9963 #63BC6D #6386BC #BC63B3

split-complementary

#BC9963 #63B3BC #6D63BC

monochromatic

#735931 #9E7B44 #BC9963 #CEB58E #E1D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9963

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9963	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)

#A7995F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.083 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b690',
    500: '#bc9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9963;
$custom-light: #d2b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.404,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9963

secondary

#ABB9D0

accent

#87D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9963

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

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