#BC9987#BC9987

#BC9987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.049 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9987
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(20, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 10.33, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 17.70, 54.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0325 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.049 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5040, 35.2246, 27.7932)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9987 #87AABC

analogous

#BC878F #BC9987 #BCB387

triadic

#BC9987 #87BC99 #9987BC

tetradic

#BC9987 #8FBC87 #87AABC #B387BC

square

#BC9987 #8FBC87 #87AABC #B387BC

split-complementary

#BC9987 #87BCB3 #878FBC

monochromatic

#815B48 #A67860 #BC9987 #D2BAAE #E8DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9987

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9987	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)

#A29C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.049 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7aa',
    500: '#bc9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9987;
$custom-light: #d1b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.377,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71013,
    "c": 0.04924,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9987

secondary

#C6D2D9

accent

#84A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9987

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

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