#BC8155#BC8155

#BC8155 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.094 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8155
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 17.94, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 37.45, 61.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0515 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.094 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2307, 27.0501, 12.2216)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8155 #5590BC

analogous

#BC555C #BC8155 #BCB455

triadic

#BC8155 #55BC81 #8155BC

tetradic

#BC8155 #5CBC55 #5590BC #B455BC

square

#BC8155 #5CBC55 #5590BC #B455BC

split-complementary

#BC8155 #55BCB4 #555CBC

monochromatic

#6C472B #98633C #BC8155 #CDA281 #DFC2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC8155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BC8155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8155

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8155	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.094 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a585',
    500: '#bc8155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8155;
$custom-light: #d3a585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.631,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6534,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8155

secondary

#A0BACC

accent

#9DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8155

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

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