#BC8553#BC8553

#BC8553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.095 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8553
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 15.55, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 38.42, 66.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0441 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.095 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6896, 28.0933, 11.9881)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8553 #538ABC

analogous

#BC5355 #BC8553 #BCB953

triadic

#BC8553 #53BC85 #8553BC

tetradic

#BC8553 #55BC53 #538ABC #B953BC

square

#BC8553 #55BC53 #538ABC #B953BC

split-complementary

#BC8553 #53BCB9 #5355BC

monochromatic

#6B492A #97673B #BC8553 #CDA47F #DEC3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8553

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8553	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)

#96894F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.095 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a884',
    500: '#bc8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8553;
$custom-light: #d3a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66071,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8553

secondary

#9FB6CC

accent

#97D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8553

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

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