#BC856D#BC856D

#BC856D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.076 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856D
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 18.11, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 28.00, 49.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0545 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.076 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8882, 28.5727, 18.3006)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856D #6DA4BC

analogous

#BC6D7C #BC856D #BCAC6D

triadic

#BC856D #6DBC85 #856DBC

tetradic

#BC856D #7CBC6D #6DA4BC #AC6DBC

square

#BC856D #7CBC6D #6DA4BC #AC6DBC

split-complementary

#BC856D #6DBCAC #6D7CBC

monochromatic

#784B37 #A2654A #BC856D #CFA897 #E3CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856D

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856D	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)

#938B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.076 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a897',
    500: '#bc856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856d;
$custom-light: #d2a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.228,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856D

secondary

#B3C9D2

accent

#AACD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856D

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

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