#BC8555#BC8555

#BC8555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.093 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8555
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 15.72, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 37.54, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0448 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.093 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7680, 28.1246, 12.4007)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8555 #558CBC

analogous

#BC5558 #BC8555 #BCB855

triadic

#BC8555 #55BC85 #8555BC

tetradic

#BC8555 #58BC55 #558CBC #B855BC

square

#BC8555 #58BC55 #558CBC #B855BC

split-complementary

#BC8555 #55BCB8 #5558BC

monochromatic

#6C492B #98673C #BC8555 #CDA581 #DFC4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8555

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8555	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)

#968951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.093 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a886',
    500: '#bc8555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8555;
$custom-light: #d3a886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.961,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66102,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8555

secondary

#A0B8CC

accent

#98D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8555

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

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