#BC9970#BC9970

#BC9970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.070 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9970
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(32, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 7.40, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 27.48, 74.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.023 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.07 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0560, 34.6454, 20.1668)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9970 #7093BC

analogous

#BC7370 #BC9970 #B9BC70

triadic

#BC9970 #70BC99 #9970BC

tetradic

#BC9970 #70BC73 #7093BC #BC70B9

square

#BC9970 #70BC73 #7093BC #BC70B9

split-complementary

#BC9970 #70B9BC #7370BC

monochromatic

#795B39 #A37B4C #BC9970 #D0B79A #E3D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9970

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9970	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.070 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b799',
    500: '#bc9970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9970;
$custom-light: #d1b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.368,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9970

secondary

#B5C3D3

accent

#8FCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9970

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

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