#BC996B#BC996B

#BC996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.075 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC996B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(34, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 6.84, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 29.86, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0209 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.075 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7853, 34.5371, 18.7412)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC996B #6B8EBC

analogous

#BC706B #BC996B #B6BC6B

triadic

#BC996B #6BBC99 #996BBC

tetradic

#BC996B #6BBC70 #6B8EBC #BC6BB6

square

#BC996B #6BBC70 #6B8EBC #BC6BB6

split-complementary

#BC996B #6BB6BC #706BBC

monochromatic

#775B36 #A17B49 #BC996B #CFB695 #E2D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC996B

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC996B	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.075 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b796',
    500: '#bc996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc996b;
$custom-light: #d2b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.074,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC996B

secondary

#B1BFD2

accent

#8CCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC996B

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

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