#BC8255#BC8255

#BC8255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.094 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8255
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 17.38, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 37.45, 62.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0498 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.094 58)
XYZ	xyz(30.3631, 27.3149, 12.2657)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8255 #558FBC

analogous

#BC555B #BC8255 #BCB655

triadic

#BC8255 #55BC82 #8255BC

tetradic

#BC8255 #5BBC55 #558FBC #B655BC

square

#BC8255 #5BBC55 #558FBC #B655BC

split-complementary

#BC8255 #55BCB6 #555BBC

monochromatic

#6C472B #98643C #BC8255 #CDA281 #DFC3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BC8255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8255

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8255	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)

#938751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.094 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a686',
    500: '#bc8255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8255;
$custom-light: #d3a686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.214,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65529,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.27313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8255

secondary

#A0B9CC

accent

#9CD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8255

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

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