#BC8356#BC8356

#BC8356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.093 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8356
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 16.92, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 37.04, 62.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0485 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.093 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5368, 27.5982, 12.5210)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8356 #568FBC

analogous

#BC565C #BC8356 #BCB656

triadic

#BC8356 #56BC83 #8356BC

tetradic

#BC8356 #5CBC56 #568FBC #B656BC

square

#BC8356 #5CBC56 #568FBC #B656BC

split-complementary

#BC8356 #56BCB6 #565CBC

monochromatic

#6D482B #98653C #BC8356 #CDA382 #DFC3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BC8356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8356

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8356	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)

#948852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.093 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a786',
    500: '#bc8356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8356;
$custom-light: #d3a786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65735,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8356

secondary

#A1B9CD

accent

#9BD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8356

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

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