#BC996C#BC996C

#BC996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.074 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC996C
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(34, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 6.95, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 29.38, 76.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0213 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.074 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8382, 34.5583, 19.0198)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC996C #6C8FBC

analogous

#BC716C #BC996C #B7BC6C

triadic

#BC996C #6CBC99 #996CBC

tetradic

#BC996C #6CBC71 #6C8FBC #BC6CB7

square

#BC996C #6CBC71 #6C8FBC #BC6CB7

split-complementary

#BC996C #6CB7BC #716CBC

monochromatic

#775B36 #A17B4A #BC996C #CFB696 #E2D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC996C

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC996C	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#A69A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.074 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b796',
    500: '#bc996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc996c;
$custom-light: #d2b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC996C

secondary

#B2C0D2

accent

#8DCD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC996C

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

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