#BC9F74#BC9F74

#BC9F74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.067 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F74
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 116)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 4.59, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 26.83, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.015 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.067 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2905, 36.7502, 21.7015)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F74 #7491BC

analogous

#BC7B74 #BC9F74 #B5BC74

triadic

#BC9F74 #74BC9F #9F74BC

tetradic

#BC9F74 #74BC7B #7491BC #BC74B5

square

#BC9F74 #74BC7B #7491BC #BC74B5

split-complementary

#BC9F74 #74B5BC #7B74BC

monochromatic

#7B613B #A4824F #BC9F74 #D0BC9D #E4D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC9F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BC9F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F74

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F74	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.067 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb9c',
    500: '#bc9f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f74;
$custom-light: #d1bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71803,
    "c": 0.06748,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F74

secondary

#B8C3D4

accent

#89CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F74

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

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