#BC856A#BC856A

#BC856A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.078 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856A
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(20, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(20, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 17.77, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 29.04, 52.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0533 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.078 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7295, 28.5092, 17.4645)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856A #6AA1BC

analogous

#BC6A78 #BC856A #BCAE6A

triadic

#BC856A #6ABC85 #856ABC

tetradic

#BC856A #78BC6A #6AA1BC #AE6ABC

square

#BC856A #78BC6A #6AA1BC #AE6ABC

split-complementary

#BC856A #6ABCAE #6A78BC

monochromatic

#764B35 #A16548 #BC856A #CFA894 #E2CABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856A	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#938B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.078 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a894',
    500: '#bc856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856a;
$custom-light: #d2a894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.756,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856A

secondary

#B0C7D1

accent

#A8CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856A

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

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