#BC8261#BC8261

#BC8261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.086 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8261
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 18.50, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 32.58, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0546 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.086 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8809, 27.5220, 14.9928)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8261 #619BBC

analogous

#BC616D #BC8261 #BCAF61

triadic

#BC8261 #61BC82 #8261BC

tetradic

#BC8261 #6DBC61 #619BBC #AF61BC

square

#BC8261 #6DBC61 #619BBC #AF61BC

split-complementary

#BC8261 #61BCAF #616DBC

monochromatic

#724830 #9D6343 #BC8261 #CEA48C #E0C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8261

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8261	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)

#92885E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.086 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a68e',
    500: '#bc8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8261;
$custom-light: #d3a68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.758,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.08561,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8261

secondary

#AAC2CF

accent

#A4D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8261

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

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