#BC9D89#BC9D89

#BC9D89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.046 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D89
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(24, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 8.41, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 16.98, 60.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0269 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.047 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3118, 36.6129, 28.7636)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D89 #89A8BC

analogous

#BC898E #BC9D89 #BCB689

triadic

#BC9D89 #89BC9D #9D89BC

tetradic

#BC9D89 #8EBC89 #89A8BC #B689BC

square

#BC9D89 #8EBC89 #89A8BC #B689BC

split-complementary

#BC9D89 #89BCB6 #898EBC

monochromatic

#815F49 #A67D62 #BC9D89 #D2BDB0 #E8DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC9D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BC9D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D89

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D89	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.046 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baab',
    500: '#bc9d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d89;
$custom-light: #d1baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.529,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D89

secondary

#C7D2D9

accent

#7EA63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D89

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

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