#BC8459#BC8459

#BC8459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.090 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8459
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 16.63, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 35.79, 62.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0481 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.09 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7951, 27.9175, 13.2159)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8459 #5991BC

analogous

#BC5960 #BC8459 #BCB659

triadic

#BC8459 #59BC84 #8459BC

tetradic

#BC8459 #60BC59 #5991BC #B659BC

square

#BC8459 #60BC59 #5991BC #B659BC

split-complementary

#BC8459 #59BCB6 #5960BC

monochromatic

#6E492C #9A663E #BC8459 #CEA485 #DFC5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8459

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8459	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.090 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a888',
    500: '#bc8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8459;
$custom-light: #d3a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.061,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65975,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8459

secondary

#A3BBCD

accent

#9CD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8459

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

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