#BC8460#BC8460

#BC8460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.085 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8460
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 96)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 17.29, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 32.90, 58.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0509 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.085 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1032, 28.0407, 14.8383)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8460 #6098BC

analogous

#BC606A #BC8460 #BCB260

triadic

#BC8460 #60BC84 #8460BC

tetradic

#BC8460 #6ABC60 #6098BC #B260BC

square

#BC8460 #6ABC60 #6098BC #B260BC

split-complementary

#BC8460 #60BCB2 #606ABC

monochromatic

#724A30 #9D6642 #BC8460 #CEA58B #E0C7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC8460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8460

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8460	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.085 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88d',
    500: '#bc8460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8460;
$custom-light: #d3a88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66098,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8460

secondary

#A9C0CF

accent

#A1D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8460

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

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