#BC9967#BC9967

#BC9967 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.079 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9967
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 103)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 45.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 6.42, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 31.80, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0193 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.079 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5797, 34.4549, 17.6584)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9967 #678ABC

analogous

#BC6F67 #BC9967 #B5BC67

triadic

#BC9967 #67BC99 #9967BC

tetradic

#BC9967 #67BC6F #678ABC #BC67B5

square

#BC9967 #67BC6F #678ABC #BC67B5

split-complementary

#BC9967 #67B5BC #6F67BC

monochromatic

#755A34 #9F7B46 #BC9967 #CFB691 #E1D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9967 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9967 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9967

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9967	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9967	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)

#A79A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9967;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.079 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b793',
    500: '#bc9967',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9967;
$custom-light: #d2b793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9967",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 38.813,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9967

secondary

#AEBCD1

accent

#8ACF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9967

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

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