#BC9971#BC9971

#BC9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.069 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9971
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(32, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 7.52, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 27.01, 73.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0234 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.069 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1119, 34.6678, 20.4617)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9971 #7194BC

analogous

#BC7471 #BC9971 #BABC71

triadic

#BC9971 #71BC99 #9971BC

tetradic

#BC9971 #71BC74 #7194BC #BC71BA

square

#BC9971 #71BC74 #7194BC #BC71BA

split-complementary

#BC9971 #71BABC #7471BC

monochromatic

#795B39 #A37B4D #BC9971 #D0B79B #E3D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9971

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9971	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)

#A59A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.069 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79a',
    500: '#bc9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9971;
$custom-light: #d1b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.06864,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9971

secondary

#B6C3D3

accent

#90CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9971

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

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