#BC8259#BC8259

#BC8259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.091 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8259
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 17.74, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 35.78, 60.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0514 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.091 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5265, 27.3802, 13.1264)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8259 #5993BC

analogous

#BC5962 #BC8259 #BCB359

triadic

#BC8259 #59BC82 #8259BC

tetradic

#BC8259 #62BC59 #5993BC #B359BC

square

#BC8259 #62BC59 #5993BC #B359BC

split-complementary

#BC8259 #59BCB3 #5962BC

monochromatic

#6E482C #9A643E #BC8259 #CEA385 #DFC4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8259

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8259	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.091 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a688',
    500: '#bc8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8259;
$custom-light: #d3a688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65595,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8259

secondary

#A3BCCD

accent

#9FD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8259

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

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