#BC9B68#BC9B68

#BC9B68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.078 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B68
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 104)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 5.43, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 31.76, 80.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0165 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.078 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9603, 35.1353, 18.0343)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B68 #6889BC

analogous

#BC7168 #BC9B68 #B3BC68

triadic

#BC9B68 #68BC9B #9B68BC

tetradic

#BC9B68 #68BC71 #6889BC #BC68B3

square

#BC9B68 #68BC71 #6889BC #BC68B3

split-complementary

#BC9B68 #68B3BC #7168BC

monochromatic

#755C34 #A07D47 #BC9B68 #CFB792 #E2D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9B68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B68

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B68	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A89B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.078 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b894',
    500: '#bc9b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b68;
$custom-light: #d2b894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.07835,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B68

secondary

#AFBCD1

accent

#87CE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B68

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

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