#BC9989#BC9989

#BC9989 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.048 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9989
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(19, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 10.61, 13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 17.03, 51.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0333 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.048 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6461, 35.2815, 28.5417)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9989 #89ACBC

analogous

#BC8992 #BC9989 #BCB289

triadic

#BC9989 #89BC99 #9989BC

tetradic

#BC9989 #92BC89 #89ACBC #B289BC

square

#BC9989 #92BC89 #89ACBC #B289BC

split-complementary

#BC9989 #89BCB2 #8992BC

monochromatic

#815B49 #A67762 #BC9989 #D2BBB0 #E8DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9989

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9989	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.048 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ab',
    500: '#bc9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9989;
$custom-light: #d1b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.824,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.04788,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9989

secondary

#C7D4D9

accent

#86A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9989

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

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