#BC9E63#BC9E63

#BC9E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.085 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E63
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 99)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 3.28, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 35.00, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0097 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.085 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2193, 36.0477, 16.9047)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E63 #6381BC

analogous

#BC7263 #BC9E63 #AEBC63

triadic

#BC9E63 #63BC9E #9E63BC

tetradic

#BC9E63 #63BC72 #6381BC #BC63AE

square

#BC9E63 #63BC72 #6381BC #BC63AE

split-complementary

#BC9E63 #63AEBC #7263BC

monochromatic

#735D31 #9E8044 #BC9E63 #CEB98E #E1D3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BC9E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E63

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E63	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.085 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba90',
    500: '#bc9e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e63;
$custom-light: #d2ba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.775,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71296,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E63

secondary

#ABB7D0

accent

#80D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E63

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

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