#BC997B#BC997B

#BC997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.059 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC997B
RGBrgb(188, 153, 123)
HSLhsl(28, 33%, 61%)
HSVhsv(28, 35%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.6%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.67, 8.73, 20.70)
CIE-LCHlch(65.67, 22.46, 67.13°)
OKLaboklab(70.74% 0.0275 0.0523)
OKLCHoklch(70.74% 0.059 62.2)
XYZxyz(35.7063, 34.9055, 23.5917)
Luminance0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC997B #7B9EBC
analogous
#BC7B7D #BC997B #BCB97B
triadic
#BC997B #7BBC99 #997BBC
tetradic
#BC997B #7DBC7B #7B9EBC #B97BBC
square
#BC997B #7DBC7B #7B9EBC #B97BBC
split-complementary
#BC997B #7BBCB9 #7B7DBC
monochromatic
#7D5C3F #A67A54 #BC997B #D1B8A4 #E5D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#BC997B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98
#BC997B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC997B
7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC997B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC997B1.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49B79
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACA37B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C79291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.059 62.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a1',
    500: '#bc997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc997b;
$custom-light: #d1b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 32.663,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70738,
    "c": 0.0591,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC997B
secondary
#BDCAD6
accent
#77AB3A
background
#FCFBF9
surface
#F9F6F2
border
#D2D0CC
text
#14110F
muted
#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC997B

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#BC997B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva