#BC9969#BC9969

#BC9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.077 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9969
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 6.63, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 30.83, 77.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0201 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.077 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6813, 34.4955, 18.1934)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9969 #698CBC

analogous

#BC7069 #BC9969 #B5BC69

triadic

#BC9969 #69BC99 #9969BC

tetradic

#BC9969 #69BC70 #698CBC #BC69B5

square

#BC9969 #69BC70 #698CBC #BC69B5

split-complementary

#BC9969 #69B5BC #7069BC

monochromatic

#765A35 #A07B48 #BC9969 #CFB693 #E2D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9969

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9969	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.077 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b794',
    500: '#bc9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9969;
$custom-light: #d2b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70382,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9969

secondary

#B0BED1

accent

#8BCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9969

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

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