#BC8464#BC8464

#BC8464 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.083 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8464
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 100)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 17.69, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 31.33, 55.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0525 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.083 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2920, 28.1162, 15.8330)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8464 #649CBC

analogous

#BC6470 #BC8464 #BCB064

triadic

#BC8464 #64BC84 #8464BC

tetradic

#BC8464 #70BC64 #649CBC #B064BC

square

#BC8464 #70BC64 #649CBC #B064BC

split-complementary

#BC8464 #64BCB0 #6470BC

monochromatic

#744A32 #9E6544 #BC8464 #CEA68F #E1C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8464

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8464	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)

#938962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.083 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a890',
    500: '#bc8464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8464;
$custom-light: #d2a890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8464

secondary

#ACC3D0

accent

#A4D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8464

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

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