#BC8470#BC8470

#BC8470 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.075 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8470
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 112)
HSL	hsl(16, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 19.01, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 27.17, 45.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0574 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.075 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9162, 28.3659, 19.1202)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8470 #70A8BC

analogous

#BC7082 #BC8470 #BCAA70

triadic

#BC8470 #70BC84 #8470BC

tetradic

#BC8470 #82BC70 #70A8BC #AA70BC

square

#BC8470 #82BC70 #70A8BC #AA70BC

split-complementary

#BC8470 #70BCAA #7082BC

monochromatic

#794A39 #A3634C #BC8470 #D0A89A #E3CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC8470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8470

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8470	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.075 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a899',
    500: '#bc8470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8470;
$custom-light: #d2a899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6642,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8470

secondary

#B5CBD3

accent

#AFCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8470

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

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