#BC856B#BC856B

#BC856B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.078 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856B
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(19, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(19, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 17.89, 22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 28.69, 51.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0537 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.078 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7818, 28.5301, 17.7400)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856B #6BA2BC

analogous

#BC6B7A #BC856B #BCAD6B

triadic

#BC856B #6BBC85 #856BBC

tetradic

#BC856B #7ABC6B #6BA2BC #AD6BBC

square

#BC856B #7ABC6B #6BA2BC #AD6BBC

split-complementary

#BC856B #6BBCAD #6B7ABC

monochromatic

#774B36 #A16549 #BC856B #CFA895 #E2CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856B

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856B	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.078 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a895',
    500: '#bc856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856b;
$custom-light: #d2a895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.259,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66502,
    "c": 0.07763,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856B

secondary

#B1C7D2

accent

#A9CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856B

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

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