#BC8359#BC8359

#BC8359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8359
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 17.18, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 35.78, 61.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0497 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.091 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6602, 27.6476, 13.1709)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8359 #5992BC

analogous

#BC5961 #BC8359 #BCB559

triadic

#BC8359 #59BC83 #8359BC

tetradic

#BC8359 #61BC59 #5992BC #B559BC

square

#BC8359 #61BC59 #5992BC #B559BC

split-complementary

#BC8359 #59BCB5 #5961BC

monochromatic

#6E482C #9A653E #BC8359 #CEA485 #DFC4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC8359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8359

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8359	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a788',
    500: '#bc8359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8359;
$custom-light: #d3a788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65785,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8359

secondary

#A3BCCD

accent

#9DD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8359

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

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