#BC9D66#BC9D66

#BC9D66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.081 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D66
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 102)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 4.13, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 33.24, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0125 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.081 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1955, 35.7663, 17.6175)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D66 #6685BC

analogous

#BC7266 #BC9D66 #B0BC66

triadic

#BC9D66 #66BC9D #9D66BC

tetradic

#BC9D66 #66BC72 #6685BC #BC66B0

square

#BC9D66 #66BC72 #6685BC #BC66B0

split-complementary

#BC9D66 #66B0BC #7266BC

monochromatic

#755D33 #9F7F46 #BC9D66 #CFB891 #E1D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9D66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9D66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D66

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D66	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.081 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b992',
    500: '#bc9d66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d66;
$custom-light: #d2b992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.372,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D66

secondary

#ADBAD0

accent

#83CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D66

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

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