#BC9985#BC9985

#BC9985 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.051 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9985
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(22, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 10.05, 15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 18.41, 56.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0317 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.051 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3645, 35.1688, 27.0585)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9985 #85A8BC

analogous

#BC858C #BC9985 #BCB485

triadic

#BC9985 #85BC99 #9985BC

tetradic

#BC9985 #8CBC85 #85A8BC #B485BC

square

#BC9985 #8CBC85 #85A8BC #B485BC

split-complementary

#BC9985 #85BCB4 #858CBC

monochromatic

#805B46 #A6785D #BC9985 #D2BAAD #E7DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9985

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9985	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#A39C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.051 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a8',
    500: '#bc9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9985;
$custom-light: #d1b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.05069,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9985

secondary

#C4D1D8

accent

#81A83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9985

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

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