#BC8253#BC8253

#BC8253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.095 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8253
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 17.21, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 38.31, 63.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.049 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.095 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2848, 27.2835, 11.8531)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8253 #538DBC

analogous

#BC5358 #BC8253 #BCB653

triadic

#BC8253 #53BC82 #8253BC

tetradic

#BC8253 #58BC53 #538DBC #B653BC

square

#BC8253 #58BC53 #538DBC #B653BC

split-complementary

#BC8253 #53BCB6 #5358BC

monochromatic

#6B472A #97643B #BC8253 #CDA27F #DEC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BC8253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8253

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8253	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93874F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.095 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a684',
    500: '#bc8253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8253;
$custom-light: #d3a684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65498,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8253

secondary

#9FB8CC

accent

#9BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8253

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

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