#BC855D#BC855D

#BC855D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.087 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC855D
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(25, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 16.45, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 34.12, 61.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.048 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.087 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1039, 28.2590, 14.1701)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC855D #5D94BC

analogous

#BC5D64 #BC855D #BCB45D

triadic

#BC855D #5DBC85 #855DBC

tetradic

#BC855D #64BC5D #5D94BC #B45DBC

square

#BC855D #64BC5D #5D94BC #B45DBC

split-complementary

#BC855D #5DBCB4 #5D64BC

monochromatic

#704A2E #9B6740 #BC855D #CEA688 #E0C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BC855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC855D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC855D	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)

#958A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.087 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88b',
    500: '#bc855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc855d;
$custom-light: #d3a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.263,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC855D

secondary

#A6BECE

accent

#9ED156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC855D

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

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