#BC9983#BC9983

#BC9983 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.052 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9983
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(23, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 9.78, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 19.17, 59.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0309 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.052 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2277, 35.1141, 26.3378)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9983 #83A6BC

analogous

#BC8389 #BC9983 #BCB683

triadic

#BC9983 #83BC99 #9983BC

tetradic

#BC9983 #89BC83 #83A6BC #B683BC

square

#BC9983 #89BC83 #83A6BC #B683BC

split-complementary

#BC9983 #83BCB6 #8389BC

monochromatic

#805C45 #A7785B #BC9983 #D1BAAB #E7DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9983

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9983	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.052 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a7',
    500: '#bc9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9983;
$custom-light: #d1b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.158,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.05224,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9983

secondary

#C3D0D8

accent

#7FA93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9983

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

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