#BC8558#BC8558

#BC8558 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.091 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8558
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 88)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 15.98, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 36.24, 63.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.046 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.091 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8897, 28.1733, 13.0417)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8558 #588FBC

analogous

#BC585D #BC8558 #BCB758

triadic

#BC8558 #58BC85 #8558BC

tetradic

#BC8558 #5DBC58 #588FBC #B758BC

square

#BC8558 #5DBC58 #588FBC #B758BC

split-complementary

#BC8558 #58BCB7 #585DBC

monochromatic

#6E4A2C #99673E #BC8558 #CEA584 #DFC5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BC8558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8558

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8558	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.091 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a888',
    500: '#bc8558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8558;
$custom-light: #d3a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6615,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8558

secondary

#A3BACD

accent

#9AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8558

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

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