#BC8465#BC8465

#BC8465 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.082 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8465
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 17.80, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 30.95, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0529 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.082 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3407, 28.1357, 16.0894)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8465 #659DBC

analogous

#BC6572 #BC8465 #BCB065

triadic

#BC8465 #65BC84 #8465BC

tetradic

#BC8465 #72BC65 #659DBC #B065BC

square

#BC8465 #72BC65 #659DBC #B065BC

split-complementary

#BC8465 #65BCB0 #6572BC

monochromatic

#744A33 #9F6545 #BC8465 #CFA690 #E1C8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BC8465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8465

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8465	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.082 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a891',
    500: '#bc8465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8465;
$custom-light: #d2a891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.379,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66193,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8465

secondary

#ADC4D0

accent

#A5CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8465

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

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