#BC8353#BC8353

#BC8353 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.095 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8353
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 16.66, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 38.33, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0474 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.095 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4184, 27.5509, 11.8977)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8353 #538CBC

analogous

#BC5357 #BC8353 #BCB853

triadic

#BC8353 #53BC83 #8353BC

tetradic

#BC8353 #57BC53 #538CBC #B853BC

square

#BC8353 #57BC53 #538CBC #B853BC

split-complementary

#BC8353 #53BCB8 #5357BC

monochromatic

#6B482A #97653B #BC8353 #CDA37F #DEC3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC8353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8353

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8353	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)

#94884F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.095 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a784',
    500: '#bc8353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8353;
$custom-light: #d3a784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65688,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8353

secondary

#9FB7CC

accent

#99D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8353

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

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