#BC8563#BC8563

#BC8563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.083 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8563
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 99)
HSL	hsl(23, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 17.04, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 31.68, 57.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0504 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.083 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3802, 28.3695, 15.6250)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8563 #639ABC

analogous

#BC636E #BC8563 #BCB263

triadic

#BC8563 #63BC85 #8563BC

tetradic

#BC8563 #6EBC63 #639ABC #B263BC

square

#BC8563 #6EBC63 #639ABC #B263BC

split-complementary

#BC8563 #63BCB2 #636EBC

monochromatic

#734B31 #9E6644 #BC8563 #CEA68E #E1C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC8563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8563

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8563	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.083 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a88f',
    500: '#bc8563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8563;
$custom-light: #d2a88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.921,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66344,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8563

secondary

#ABC2D0

accent

#A2D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8563

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

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