#BC9976#BC9976

#BC9976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.064 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9976
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(30, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 8.11, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 24.69, 70.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0255 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.064 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4012, 34.7835, 21.9852)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9976 #7699BC

analogous

#BC7676 #BC9976 #BCBC76

triadic

#BC9976 #76BC99 #9976BC

tetradic

#BC9976 #76BC76 #7699BC #BC76BC

square

#BC9976 #76BC76 #7699BC #BC76BC

split-complementary

#BC9976 #76BCBC #7676BC

monochromatic

#7B5C3C #A47A50 #BC9976 #D0B89F #E4D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9976

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9976	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.064 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79d',
    500: '#bc9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9976;
$custom-light: #d1b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9976

secondary

#B9C7D4

accent

#94CA5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9976

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

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