#BC9968#BC9968

#BC9968 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.078 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9968
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 104)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 6.52, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 31.31, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0197 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.078 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6302, 34.4751, 17.9243)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9968 #688BBC

analogous

#BC6F68 #BC9968 #B5BC68

triadic

#BC9968 #68BC99 #9968BC

tetradic

#BC9968 #68BC6F #688BBC #BC68B5

square

#BC9968 #68BC6F #688BBC #BC68B5

split-complementary

#BC9968 #68B5BC #6F68BC

monochromatic

#755A34 #A07B47 #BC9968 #CFB692 #E2D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9968

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9968	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)

#A69A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.078 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b794',
    500: '#bc9968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9968;
$custom-light: #d2b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70364,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9968

secondary

#AFBDD1

accent

#8ACE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9968

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

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