#BC856E#BC856E

#BC856E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.076 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856E
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(18, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 18.22, 20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 27.67, 48.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0549 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.076 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9423, 28.5944, 18.5857)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856E #6EA5BC

analogous

#BC6E7E #BC856E #BCAC6E

triadic

#BC856E #6EBC85 #856EBC

tetradic

#BC856E #7EBC6E #6EA5BC #AC6EBC

square

#BC856E #7EBC6E #6EA5BC #AC6EBC

split-complementary

#BC856E #6EBCAC #6E7EBC

monochromatic

#784B37 #A2654B #BC856E #CFA898 #E3CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856E	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.076 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a897',
    500: '#bc856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856e;
$custom-light: #d2a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.692,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66566,
    "c": 0.07586,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856E

secondary

#B3C9D2

accent

#ABCD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856E

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

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