#BC8355#BC8355

#BC8355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.094 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8355
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 16.83, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 37.47, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0482 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.094 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4968, 27.5822, 12.3103)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8355 #558EBC

analogous

#BC555A #BC8355 #BCB655

triadic

#BC8355 #55BC83 #8355BC

tetradic

#BC8355 #5ABC55 #558EBC #B655BC

square

#BC8355 #5ABC55 #558EBC #B655BC

split-complementary

#BC8355 #55BCB6 #555ABC

monochromatic

#6C482B #98653C #BC8355 #CDA381 #DFC3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BC8355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8355

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8355	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.094 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a786',
    500: '#bc8355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8355;
$custom-light: #d3a786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.796,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65719,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8355

secondary

#A0B9CC

accent

#9BD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8355

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

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