#BC8161#BC8161

#BC8161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.086 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8161
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 19.05, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 32.64, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0563 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.086 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7485, 27.2573, 14.9486)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8161 #619CBC

analogous

#BC616E #BC8161 #BCAE61

triadic

#BC8161 #61BC81 #8161BC

tetradic

#BC8161 #6EBC61 #619CBC #AE61BC

square

#BC8161 #6EBC61 #619CBC #AE61BC

split-complementary

#BC8161 #61BCAE #616EBC

monochromatic

#724830 #9D6243 #BC8161 #CEA38C #E0C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BC8161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8161

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8161	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.086 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a58e',
    500: '#bc8161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8161;
$custom-light: #d3a58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.099,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8161

secondary

#AAC2CF

accent

#A6D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8161

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

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