#BC8262#BC8262

#BC8262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8262
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 98)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 18.60, 26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 32.20, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.055 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.085 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9278, 27.5408, 15.2399)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8262 #629CBC

analogous

#BC626F #BC8262 #BCAF62

triadic

#BC8262 #62BC82 #8262BC

tetradic

#BC8262 #6FBC62 #629CBC #AF62BC

square

#BC8262 #6FBC62 #629CBC #AF62BC

split-complementary

#BC8262 #62BCAF #626FBC

monochromatic

#734831 #9E6343 #BC8262 #CEA48D #E1C6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC8262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8262

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8262	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a68f',
    500: '#bc8262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8262;
$custom-light: #d3a68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8262

secondary

#AAC2CF

accent

#A5D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8262

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

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