#BC9B8A#BC9B8A

#BC9B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.046 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B8A
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(20, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 9.65, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 16.60, 54.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0305 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.046 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0483, 35.9705, 29.0313)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B8A #8AABBC

analogous

#BC8A92 #BC9B8A #BCB48A

triadic

#BC9B8A #8ABC9B #9B8ABC

tetradic

#BC9B8A #92BC8A #8AABBC #B48ABC

square

#BC9B8A #92BC8A #8AABBC #B48ABC

split-complementary

#BC9B8A #8ABCB4 #8A92BC

monochromatic

#815D4A #A67A63 #BC9B8A #D2BCB1 #E9DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B8A

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B8A	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.046 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ac',
    500: '#bc9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b8a;
$custom-light: #d1b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.4,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.04633,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B8A

secondary

#C8D4DA

accent

#83A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B8A

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

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