#BC9972#BC9972

#BC9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.068 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9972
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(32, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 7.63, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 26.54, 73.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0238 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.068 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1686, 34.6905, 20.7598)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9972 #7295BC

analogous

#BC7472 #BC9972 #BABC72

triadic

#BC9972 #72BC99 #9972BC

tetradic

#BC9972 #72BC74 #7295BC #BC72BA

square

#BC9972 #72BC74 #7295BC #BC72BA

split-complementary

#BC9972 #72BABC #7472BC

monochromatic

#7A5C3A #A37B4E #BC9972 #D0B79B #E3D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9972

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9972	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.068 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79b',
    500: '#bc9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9972;
$custom-light: #d1b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.622,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9972

secondary

#B6C4D3

accent

#91CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9972

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

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