#BC9F73#BC9F73

#BC9F73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.069 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F73
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 115)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 4.47, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 27.32, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0146 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.069 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2326, 36.7270, 21.3968)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F73 #7390BC

analogous

#BC7B73 #BC9F73 #B5BC73

triadic

#BC9F73 #73BC9F #9F73BC

tetradic

#BC9F73 #73BC7B #7390BC #BC73B5

square

#BC9F73 #73BC7B #7390BC #BC73B5

split-complementary

#BC9F73 #73B5BC #7B73BC

monochromatic

#7A613A #A4824E #BC9F73 #D0BB9C #E4D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC9F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BC9F73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F73

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F73	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.069 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb9b',
    500: '#bc9f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f73;
$custom-light: #d1bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.06855,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F73

secondary

#B7C2D4

accent

#89CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F73

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

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