#BC8461#BC8461

#BC8461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.085 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8461
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 17.39, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 32.50, 57.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0513 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.085 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1495, 28.0592, 15.0823)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8461 #6199BC

analogous

#BC616B #BC8461 #BCB161

triadic

#BC8461 #61BC84 #8461BC

tetradic

#BC8461 #6BBC61 #6199BC #B161BC

square

#BC8461 #6BBC61 #6199BC #B161BC

split-complementary

#BC8461 #61BCB1 #616BBC

monochromatic

#724A30 #9D6543 #BC8461 #CEA58C #E0C7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC8461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8461

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8461	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)

#94895E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.085 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88e',
    500: '#bc8461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8461;
$custom-light: #d3a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66117,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8461

secondary

#AAC1CF

accent

#A2D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8461

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

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