#BC8566#BC8566

#BC8566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.081 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8566
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 102)
HSL	hsl(22, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 17.35, 25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 30.52, 55.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0516 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.081 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5263, 28.4279, 16.3945)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8566 #669DBC

analogous

#BC6672 #BC8566 #BCB066

triadic

#BC8566 #66BC85 #8566BC

tetradic

#BC8566 #72BC66 #669DBC #B066BC

square

#BC8566 #72BC66 #669DBC #B066BC

split-complementary

#BC8566 #66BCB0 #6672BC

monochromatic

#754B33 #9F6646 #BC8566 #CFA791 #E1C9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8566

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8566	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.081 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a892',
    500: '#bc8566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8566;
$custom-light: #d2a892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.628,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66402,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8566

secondary

#ADC4D0

accent

#A4CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8566

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

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