#BC8151#BC8151

#BC8151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.097 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8151
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 17.60, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 39.14, 63.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0499 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.097 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0763, 26.9884, 11.4082)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8151 #518CBC

analogous

#BC5156 #BC8151 #BCB651

triadic

#BC8151 #51BC81 #8151BC

tetradic

#BC8151 #56BC51 #518CBC #B651BC

square

#BC8151 #56BC51 #518CBC #B651BC

split-complementary

#BC8151 #51BCB6 #5156BC

monochromatic

#6A4629 #96633A #BC8151 #CDA17D #DEC1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC8151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BC8151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8151

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8151	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.097 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a583',
    500: '#bc8151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8151;
$custom-light: #d3a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.916,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65277,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8151

secondary

#9DB7CC

accent

#9BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8151

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

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