#BC8162#BC8162

#BC8162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.086 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8162
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 98)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 19.15, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.26, 53.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0567 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.086 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7954, 27.2760, 15.1957)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8162 #629DBC

analogous

#BC6270 #BC8162 #BCAE62

triadic

#BC8162 #62BC81 #8162BC

tetradic

#BC8162 #70BC62 #629DBC #AE62BC

square

#BC8162 #70BC62 #629DBC #AE62BC

split-complementary

#BC8162 #62BCAE #6270BC

monochromatic

#734831 #9E6243 #BC8162 #CEA38D #E1C6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BC8162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8162

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8162	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#918760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.086 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a58f',
    500: '#bc8162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8162;
$custom-light: #d3a58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65569,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8162

secondary

#AAC3CF

accent

#A7D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8162

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

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