#BC998B#BC998B

#BC998B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.047 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC998B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(17, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 10.89, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 16.41, 48.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0342 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.047 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7909, 35.3394, 29.3043)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC998B #8BAEBC

analogous

#BC8B96 #BC998B #BCB28B

triadic

#BC998B #8BBC99 #998BBC

tetradic

#BC998B #96BC8B #8BAEBC #B28BBC

square

#BC998B #96BC8B #8BAEBC #B28BBC

split-complementary

#BC998B #8BBCB2 #8B96BC

monochromatic

#825B4B #A67764 #BC998B #D2BBB2 #E9DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC998B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC998B	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.047 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ac',
    500: '#bc998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc998b;
$custom-light: #d1b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.04664,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC998B

secondary

#C9D5DA

accent

#88A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC998B

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

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