#BC9C8A#BC9C8A

#BC9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.046 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C8A
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(22, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 9.10, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 16.59, 56.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0289 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.046 51)
XYZ	xyz(37.2154, 36.3047, 29.0870)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C8A #8AAABC

analogous

#BC8A91 #BC9C8A #BCB58A

triadic

#BC9C8A #8ABC9C #9C8ABC

tetradic

#BC9C8A #91BC8A #8AAABC #B58ABC

square

#BC9C8A #91BC8A #8AAABC #B58ABC

split-complementary

#BC9C8A #8ABCB5 #8A91BC

monochromatic

#815E4A #A67B63 #BC9C8A #D2BDB1 #E9DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BC9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C8A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C8A	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.046 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9ac',
    500: '#bc9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c8a;
$custom-light: #d1b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.04598,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.36303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C8A

secondary

#C8D3DA

accent

#81A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C8A

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

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