#BC9D8A#BC9D8A

#BC9D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.046 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D8A
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 8.55, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 16.60, 58.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0273 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.046 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3839, 36.6417, 29.1432)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D8A #8AA9BC

analogous

#BC8A90 #BC9D8A #BCB68A

triadic

#BC9D8A #8ABC9D #9D8ABC

tetradic

#BC9D8A #90BC8A #8AA9BC #B68ABC

square

#BC9D8A #90BC8A #8AA9BC #B68ABC

split-complementary

#BC9D8A #8ABCB6 #8A90BC

monochromatic

#815F4A #A67C63 #BC9D8A #D2BEB1 #E9DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BC9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D8A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D8A	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.046 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baac',
    500: '#bc9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d8a;
$custom-light: #d1baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71881,
    "c": 0.0457,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D8A

secondary

#C8D3DA

accent

#7FA640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D8A

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

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