#BC856C#BC856C

#BC856C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.077 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856C
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(19, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(19, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 18.00, 21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 28.34, 50.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0541 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.077 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8347, 28.5513, 18.0187)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856C #6CA3BC

analogous

#BC6C7B #BC856C #BCAD6C

triadic

#BC856C #6CBC85 #856CBC

tetradic

#BC856C #7BBC6C #6CA3BC #AD6CBC

square

#BC856C #7BBC6C #6CA3BC #AD6CBC

split-complementary

#BC856C #6CBCAD #6C7BBC

monochromatic

#774B36 #A1654A #BC856C #CFA896 #E2CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856C

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856C	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)

#938B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.077 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a896',
    500: '#bc856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856c;
$custom-light: #d2a896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66523,
    "c": 0.07703,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856C

secondary

#B2C8D2

accent

#A9CD5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856C

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

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