#BC9984#BC9984

#BC9984 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.051 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9984
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 132)
HSL	hsl(23, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 9.91, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 18.79, 58.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0313 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.051 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2958, 35.1413, 26.6964)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9984 #84A7BC

analogous

#BC848B #BC9984 #BCB584

triadic

#BC9984 #84BC99 #9984BC

tetradic

#BC9984 #8BBC84 #84A7BC #B584BC

square

#BC9984 #8BBC84 #84A7BC #B584BC

split-complementary

#BC9984 #84BCB5 #848BBC

monochromatic

#805C46 #A6785C #BC9984 #D2BAAC #E7DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9984

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9984	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.051 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a7',
    500: '#bc9984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9984;
$custom-light: #d1b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.05145,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9984

secondary

#C4D0D8

accent

#80A83D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9984

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

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