#BC8565#BC8565

#BC8565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.082 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8565
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 101)
HSL	hsl(22, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 17.24, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 30.90, 56.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0512 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.082 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4770, 28.4082, 16.1349)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8565 #659CBC

analogous

#BC6571 #BC8565 #BCB165

triadic

#BC8565 #65BC85 #8565BC

tetradic

#BC8565 #71BC65 #659CBC #B165BC

square

#BC8565 #71BC65 #659CBC #B165BC

split-complementary

#BC8565 #65BCB1 #6571BC

monochromatic

#744B33 #9F6645 #BC8565 #CFA790 #E1C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8565

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8565	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.082 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a891',
    500: '#bc8565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8565;
$custom-light: #d2a891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.069,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66382,
    "c": 0.08151,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8565

secondary

#ADC3D0

accent

#A4CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8565

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

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