#BC8260#BC8260

#BC8260 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.086 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8260
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 96)
HSL	hsl(22, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 18.40, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 32.96, 56.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0542 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.086 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8346, 27.5035, 14.7487)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8260 #609ABC

analogous

#BC606C #BC8260 #BCB060

triadic

#BC8260 #60BC82 #8260BC

tetradic

#BC8260 #6CBC60 #609ABC #B060BC

square

#BC8260 #6CBC60 #609ABC #B060BC

split-complementary

#BC8260 #60BCB0 #606CBC

monochromatic

#724830 #9D6442 #BC8260 #CEA48B #E0C6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC8260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8260

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8260	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92885D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.086 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a68d',
    500: '#bc8260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8260;
$custom-light: #d3a68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8260

secondary

#A9C1CF

accent

#A4D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8260

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

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