#BC8552#BC8552

#BC8552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.096 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8552
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 82)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 15.47, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 38.86, 66.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0437 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.096 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6513, 28.0780, 11.7862)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8552 #5289BC

analogous

#BC5254 #BC8552 #BCBA52

triadic

#BC8552 #52BC85 #8552BC

tetradic

#BC8552 #54BC52 #5289BC #BA52BC

square

#BC8552 #54BC52 #5289BC #BA52BC

split-complementary

#BC8552 #52BCBA #5254BC

monochromatic

#6A4929 #97673A #BC8552 #CDA47E #DEC3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8552

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8552	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)

#96894E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.096 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a884',
    500: '#bc8552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8552;
$custom-light: #d3a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.868,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66055,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8552

secondary

#9EB6CC

accent

#96D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8552

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

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