#BC9966#BC9966

#BC9966 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.080 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9966
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 6.31, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 32.28, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0189 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.08 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5298, 34.4350, 17.3956)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9966 #6689BC

analogous

#BC6E66 #BC9966 #B4BC66

triadic

#BC9966 #66BC99 #9966BC

tetradic

#BC9966 #66BC6E #6689BC #BC66B4

square

#BC9966 #66BC6E #6689BC #BC66B4

split-complementary

#BC9966 #66B4BC #6E66BC

monochromatic

#755A33 #9F7B46 #BC9966 #CFB591 #E1D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9966

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9966	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.080 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b792',
    500: '#bc9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9966;
$custom-light: #d2b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9966

secondary

#ADBCD0

accent

#89CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9966

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

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