#BC9986#BC9986

#BC9986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.050 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9986
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(21, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 10.19, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 18.05, 55.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0321 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.05 50)
XYZ	xyz(36.4339, 35.1966, 27.4241)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9986 #86A9BC

analogous

#BC868E #BC9986 #BCB486

triadic

#BC9986 #86BC99 #9986BC

tetradic

#BC9986 #8EBC86 #86A9BC #B486BC

square

#BC9986 #8EBC86 #86A9BC #B486BC

split-complementary

#BC9986 #86BCB4 #868EBC

monochromatic

#805B47 #A6785F #BC9986 #D2BAAD #E8DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9986

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9986	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.050 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a9',
    500: '#bc9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9986;
$custom-light: #d1b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.111,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70989,
    "c": 0.04996,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9986

secondary

#C5D2D9

accent

#82A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9986

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

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