#BC8656#BC8656

#BC8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.092 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8656
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 15.25, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 37.15, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0436 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.092 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9455, 28.4157, 12.6572)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8656 #568CBC

analogous

#BC5659 #BC8656 #BCB956

triadic

#BC8656 #56BC86 #8656BC

tetradic

#BC8656 #59BC56 #568CBC #B956BC

square

#BC8656 #59BC56 #568CBC #B956BC

split-complementary

#BC8656 #56BCB9 #5659BC

monochromatic

#6D4A2B #98683C #BC8656 #CDA582 #DFC5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8656

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8656	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.092 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a986',
    500: '#bc8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8656;
$custom-light: #d3a986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6631,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8656

secondary

#A1B8CD

accent

#98D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8656

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

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