#BC997E#BC997E

#BC997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.056 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC997E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(26, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 9.11, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 21.18, 64.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0288 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.056 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8969, 34.9818, 24.5959)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC997E #7EA1BC

analogous

#BC7E82 #BC997E #BCB87E

triadic

#BC997E #7EBC99 #997EBC

tetradic

#BC997E #82BC7E #7EA1BC #B87EBC

square

#BC997E #82BC7E #7EA1BC #B87EBC

split-complementary

#BC997E #7EBCB8 #7E82BC

monochromatic

#7E5C41 #A67956 #BC997E #D1B9A6 #E6D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC997E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC997E	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.056 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a3',
    500: '#bc997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc997e;
$custom-light: #d1b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.129,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC997E

secondary

#BFCCD6

accent

#7AAA3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC997E

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

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