#BC8463#BC8463

#BC8463 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.083 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8463
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 99)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 17.59, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 31.71, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.0521 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.083 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2439, 28.0970, 15.5796)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8463 #639BBC

analogous

#BC636F #BC8463 #BCB163

triadic

#BC8463 #63BC84 #8463BC

tetradic

#BC8463 #6FBC63 #639BBC #B163BC

square

#BC8463 #6FBC63 #639BBC #B163BC

split-complementary

#BC8463 #63BCB1 #636FBC

monochromatic

#734A31 #9E6544 #BC8463 #CEA68E #E1C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8463

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8463	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.083 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88f',
    500: '#bc8463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8463;
$custom-light: #d3a88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.247,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66154,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8463

secondary

#ABC2D0

accent

#A3D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8463

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

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