#BC856F#BC856F

#BC856F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.075 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC856F
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(17, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 18.34, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 27.34, 47.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0554 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.075 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9971, 28.6163, 18.8740)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC856F #6FA6BC

analogous

#BC6F7F #BC856F #BCAB6F

triadic

#BC856F #6FBC85 #856FBC

tetradic

#BC856F #7FBC6F #6FA6BC #AB6FBC

square

#BC856F #7FBC6F #6FA6BC #AB6FBC

split-complementary

#BC856F #6FBCAB #6F7FBC

monochromatic

#794A38 #A2644C #BC856F #CFA899 #E3CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC856F

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC856F	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#938B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.075 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a898',
    500: '#bc856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc856f;
$custom-light: #d2a898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC856F

secondary

#B4CAD3

accent

#ACCC5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC856F

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

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