#BC997A#BC997A

#BC997A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.060 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC997A
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(28, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 8.60, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 22.90, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0271 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.06 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6440, 34.8806, 23.2637)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC997A #7A9DBC

analogous

#BC7A7C #BC997A #BCBA7A

triadic

#BC997A #7ABC99 #997ABC

tetradic

#BC997A #7CBC7A #7A9DBC #BA7ABC

square

#BC997A #7CBC7A #7A9DBC #BA7ABC

split-complementary

#BC997A #7ABCBA #7A7CBC

monochromatic

#7D5C3F #A57A53 #BC997A #D1B8A3 #E5D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC997A

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC997A	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.060 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a0',
    500: '#bc997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc997a;
$custom-light: #d1b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 33,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.06002,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC997A

secondary

#BCCAD5

accent

#76AC3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC997A

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

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