#BC8166#BC8166

#BC8166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.083 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8166
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 102)
HSL	hsl(19, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(19, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 19.56, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 30.82, 50.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0583 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.083 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9890, 27.3535, 16.2154)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8166 #66A1BC

analogous

#BC6676 #BC8166 #BCAC66

triadic

#BC8166 #66BC81 #8166BC

tetradic

#BC8166 #76BC66 #66A1BC #AC66BC

square

#BC8166 #76BC66 #66A1BC #AC66BC

split-complementary

#BC8166 #66BCAC #6676BC

monochromatic

#754833 #9F6246 #BC8166 #CFA491 #E1C7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC8166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8166

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8166	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.083 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a692',
    500: '#bc8166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8166;
$custom-light: #d2a692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.837,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65647,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8166

secondary

#ADC5D0

accent

#AACF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8166

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

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