#BC997D#BC997D

#BC997D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.057 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC997D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(27, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 8.98, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 21.60, 65.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0284 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.057 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8327, 34.9561, 24.2578)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC997D #7DA0BC

analogous

#BC7D81 #BC997D #BCB97D

triadic

#BC997D #7DBC99 #997DBC

tetradic

#BC997D #81BC7D #7DA0BC #B97DBC

square

#BC997D #81BC7D #7DA0BC #B97DBC

split-complementary

#BC997D #7DBCB9 #7D81BC

monochromatic

#7E5C41 #A67956 #BC997D #D1B9A5 #E6D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC997D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC997D	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.057 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a2',
    500: '#bc997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc997d;
$custom-light: #d1b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.0573,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC997D

secondary

#BFCCD6

accent

#79AB3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC997D

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

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