#BC996D#BC996D

#BC996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.073 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC996D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 7.06, 28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 28.91, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0217 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.073 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8917, 34.5797, 19.3017)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC996D #6D90BC

analogous

#BC716D #BC996D #B7BC6D

triadic

#BC996D #6DBC99 #996DBC

tetradic

#BC996D #6DBC71 #6D90BC #BC6DB7

square

#BC996D #6DBC71 #6D90BC #BC6DB7

split-complementary

#BC996D #6DB7BC #716DBC

monochromatic

#785B37 #A27B4A #BC996D #CFB697 #E3D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC996D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC996D	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.073 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b797',
    500: '#bc996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc996d;
$custom-light: #d2b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.418,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC996D

secondary

#B3C1D2

accent

#8DCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC996D

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

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