#BC855E#BC855E

#BC855E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.086 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC855E
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(25, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 16.54, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 33.70, 60.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0484 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.086 56)
XYZ	xyz(31.1485, 28.2768, 14.4049)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC855E #5E95BC

analogous

#BC5E66 #BC855E #BCB45E

triadic

#BC855E #5EBC85 #855EBC

tetradic

#BC855E #66BC5E #5E95BC #B45EBC

square

#BC855E #66BC5E #5E95BC #B45EBC

split-complementary

#BC855E #5EBCB4 #5E66BC

monochromatic

#714A2F #9C6741 #BC855E #CEA689 #E0C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BC855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC855E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC855E	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)

#958A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.086 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88c',
    500: '#bc855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc855e;
$custom-light: #d3a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.894,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66253,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.28275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC855E

secondary

#A7BECF

accent

#9ED157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC855E

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

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