#BC997F#BC997F

#BC997F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.056 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC997F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(26, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 32.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 9.24, 18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 20.76, 63.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0292 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.056 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9618, 35.0078, 24.9375)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC997F #7FA2BC

analogous

#BC7F84 #BC997F #BCB87F

triadic

#BC997F #7FBC99 #997FBC

tetradic

#BC997F #84BC7F #7FA2BC #B87FBC

square

#BC997F #84BC7F #7FA2BC #B87FBC

split-complementary

#BC997F #7FBCB8 #7F84BC

monochromatic

#7E5C42 #A77957 #BC997F #D1B9A7 #E6D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC997F

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC997F	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A39B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.056 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a4',
    500: '#bc997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc997f;
$custom-light: #d1b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.574,
    "s": 31.282,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70826,
    "c": 0.05556,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC997F

secondary

#C0CDD7

accent

#7BAA3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC997F

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

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