#BC855C#BC855C

#BC855C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.088 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC855C
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 16.35, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 34.54, 61.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0476 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.088 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0599, 28.2414, 13.9384)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC855C #5C93BC

analogous

#BC5C63 #BC855C #BCB55C

triadic

#BC855C #5CBC85 #855CBC

tetradic

#BC855C #63BC5C #5C93BC #B55CBC

square

#BC855C #63BC5C #5C93BC #B55CBC

split-complementary

#BC855C #5CBCB5 #5C63BC

monochromatic

#704A2E #9B6740 #BC855C #CEA587 #E0C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BC855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC855C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC855C	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.088 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88b',
    500: '#bc855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc855c;
$custom-light: #d3a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.625,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66218,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC855C

secondary

#A6BDCE

accent

#9DD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC855C

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

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