#BC996E#BC996E

#BC996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.072 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC996E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 7.17, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 28.43, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0222 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.072 72)
XYZ	xyz(34.9458, 34.6014, 19.5869)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC996E #6E91BC

analogous

#BC726E #BC996E #B8BC6E

triadic

#BC996E #6EBC99 #996EBC

tetradic

#BC996E #6EBC72 #6E91BC #BC6EB8

square

#BC996E #6EBC72 #6E91BC #BC6EB8

split-complementary

#BC996E #6EB8BC #726EBC

monochromatic

#785B37 #A27B4B #BC996E #CFB698 #E3D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC996E

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC996E	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)

#A69A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.072 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b798',
    500: '#bc996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc996e;
$custom-light: #d2b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.077,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC996E

secondary

#B3C1D2

accent

#8ECD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC996E

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

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