#BC8550#BC8550

#BC8550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8550
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 15.31, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 39.74, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0429 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.097 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5763, 28.0480, 11.3913)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8550 #5087BC

analogous

#BC5051 #BC8550 #BCBB50

triadic

#BC8550 #50BC85 #8550BC

tetradic

#BC8550 #51BC50 #5087BC #BB50BC

square

#BC8550 #51BC50 #5087BC #BB50BC

split-complementary

#BC8550 #50BCBB #5051BC

monochromatic

#694828 #966739 #BC8550 #CDA47C #DEC3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8550

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8550	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)

#96894B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a882',
    500: '#bc8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8550;
$custom-light: #d3a882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66026,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8550

secondary

#9CB4CB

accent

#95D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8550

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

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