#BC9E8A#BC9E8A

#BC9E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.045 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E8A
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(24, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 8.00, 14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 16.63, 61.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0257 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.045 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5538, 36.9815, 29.1998)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E8A #8AA8BC

analogous

#BC8A8F #BC9E8A #BCB78A

triadic

#BC9E8A #8ABC9E #9E8ABC

tetradic

#BC9E8A #8FBC8A #8AA8BC #B78ABC

square

#BC9E8A #8FBC8A #8AA8BC #B78ABC

split-complementary

#BC9E8A #8ABCB7 #8A8FBC

monochromatic

#81604A #A67E63 #BC9E8A #D2BEB1 #E9DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BC9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E8A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E8A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.045 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baac',
    500: '#bc9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e8a;
$custom-light: #d1baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.04549,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E8A

secondary

#C8D3DA

accent

#7DA640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E8A

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

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