#BC9965#BC9965

#BC9965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.081 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9965
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 6.21, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 32.77, 79.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0185 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.081 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4805, 34.4152, 17.1360)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9965 #6588BC

analogous

#BC6E65 #BC9965 #B4BC65

triadic

#BC9965 #65BC99 #9965BC

tetradic

#BC9965 #65BC6E #6588BC #BC65B4

square

#BC9965 #65BC6E #6588BC #BC65B4

split-complementary

#BC9965 #65B4BC #6E65BC

monochromatic

#745A33 #9F7B45 #BC9965 #CFB590 #E1D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9965

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9965	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.081 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b691',
    500: '#bc9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9965;
$custom-light: #d2b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.862,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.08062,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9965

secondary

#ADBBD0

accent

#88CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9965

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

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