#BC9979#BC9979

#BC9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.061 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9979
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(29, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 8.48, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 23.34, 68.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0267 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.061 64)
XYZ	xyz(35.5823, 34.8560, 22.9391)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9979 #799CBC

analogous

#BC797A #BC9979 #BCBA79

triadic

#BC9979 #79BC99 #9979BC

tetradic

#BC9979 #7ABC79 #799CBC #BA79BC

square

#BC9979 #7ABC79 #799CBC #BA79BC

split-complementary

#BC9979 #79BCBA #797ABC

monochromatic

#7C5C3E #A57A53 #BC9979 #D0B8A2 #E5D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9979

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9979	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.061 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a0',
    500: '#bc9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9979;
$custom-light: #d1b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.06095,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9979

secondary

#BCC9D5

accent

#75AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9979

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

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