#BC855F#BC855F

#BC855F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.086 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC855F
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(25, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 16.64, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 33.29, 60.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0488 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.086 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1937, 28.2949, 14.6428)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC855F #5F96BC

analogous

#BC5F67 #BC855F #BCB35F

triadic

#BC855F #5FBC85 #855FBC

tetradic

#BC855F #67BC5F #5F96BC #B35FBC

square

#BC855F #67BC5F #5F96BC #B35FBC

split-complementary

#BC855F #5FBCB3 #5F67BC

monochromatic

#714A2F #9C6741 #BC855F #CEA68A #E0C7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC855F

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC855F	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.086 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a88d',
    500: '#bc855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc855f;
$custom-light: #d3a88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.516,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6627,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC855F

secondary

#A8BFCF

accent

#9FD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC855F

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

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