#BC8256#BC8256

#BC8256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.093 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8256
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 17.47, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 37.03, 61.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0502 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.093 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4031, 27.3309, 12.4764)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8256 #5690BC

analogous

#BC565D #BC8256 #BCB556

triadic

#BC8256 #56BC82 #8256BC

tetradic

#BC8256 #5DBC56 #5690BC #B556BC

square

#BC8256 #5DBC56 #5690BC #B556BC

split-complementary

#BC8256 #56BCB5 #565DBC

monochromatic

#6D472B #98643C #BC8256 #CDA282 #DFC3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC8256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8256

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8256	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)

#938752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.093 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a686',
    500: '#bc8256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8256;
$custom-light: #d3a686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65545,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8256

secondary

#A1BACD

accent

#9DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8256

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

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