#BC8157#BC8157

#BC8157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8157
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 18.11, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 36.61, 60.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0523 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.093 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3113, 27.0824, 12.6460)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8157 #5792BC

analogous

#BC5760 #BC8157 #BCB457

triadic

#BC8157 #57BC81 #8157BC

tetradic

#BC8157 #60BC57 #5792BC #B457BC

square

#BC8157 #60BC57 #5792BC #B457BC

split-complementary

#BC8157 #57BCB4 #5760BC

monochromatic

#6D472C #99633D #BC8157 #CDA283 #DFC3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC8157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC8157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8157

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8157	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a587',
    500: '#bc8157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8157;
$custom-light: #d3a587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.95,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65373,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8157

secondary

#A2BBCD

accent

#9ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8157

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

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