#BC855B#BC855B

#BC855B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.089 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC855B
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 16.26, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 34.96, 62.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0472 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.089 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0165, 28.2240, 13.7097)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC855B #5B92BC

analogous

#BC5B62 #BC855B #BCB55B

triadic

#BC855B #5BBC85 #855BBC

tetradic

#BC855B #62BC5B #5B92BC #B55BBC

square

#BC855B #62BC5B #5B92BC #B55BBC

split-complementary

#BC855B #5BBCB5 #5B62BC

monochromatic

#6F4A2D #9B673F #BC855B #CEA586 #E0C6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC855B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC855B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.089 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88a',
    500: '#bc855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc855b;
$custom-light: #d3a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.979,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.662,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC855B

secondary

#A5BCCE

accent

#9CD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC855B

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

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