#BC9E71#BC9E71

#BC9E71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.070 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E71
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 113)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 4.79, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 28.06, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0154 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.07 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9475, 36.3390, 20.7402)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E71 #718FBC

analogous

#BC7971 #BC9E71 #B5BC71

triadic

#BC9E71 #71BC9E #9E71BC

tetradic

#BC9E71 #71BC79 #718FBC #BC71B5

square

#BC9E71 #71BC79 #718FBC #BC71B5

split-complementary

#BC9E71 #71B5BC #7971BC

monochromatic

#796039 #A3814D #BC9E71 #D0BA9B #E3D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC9E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BC9E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E71

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E71	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.070 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba9a',
    500: '#bc9e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e71;
$custom-light: #d1ba9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.07024,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E71

secondary

#B6C1D3

accent

#89CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E71

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

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