#BC8569#BC8569

#BC8569 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.079 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8569
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 105)
HSL	hsl(20, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(20, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 17.67, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 29.40, 53.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0529 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.079 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6778, 28.4885, 17.1922)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8569 #69A0BC

analogous

#BC6976 #BC8569 #BCAF69

triadic

#BC8569 #69BC85 #8569BC

tetradic

#BC8569 #76BC69 #69A0BC #AF69BC

square

#BC8569 #76BC69 #69A0BC #AF69BC

split-complementary

#BC8569 #69BCAF #6976BC

monochromatic

#764B35 #A06548 #BC8569 #CFA793 #E2CABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8569

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8569	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.079 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a894',
    500: '#bc8569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8569;
$custom-light: #d2a894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.241,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8569

secondary

#B0C6D1

accent

#A7CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8569

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

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