#BC8657#BC8657

#BC8657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.091 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8657
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 15.34, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 36.72, 65.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.044 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.091 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9861, 28.4320, 12.8709)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8657 #578DBC

analogous

#BC575B #BC8657 #BCB957

triadic

#BC8657 #57BC86 #8657BC

tetradic

#BC8657 #5BBC57 #578DBC #B957BC

square

#BC8657 #5BBC57 #578DBC #B957BC

split-complementary

#BC8657 #57BCB9 #575BBC

monochromatic

#6D4A2C #99683D #BC8657 #CDA683 #DFC5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8657

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8657	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.091 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a987',
    500: '#bc8657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8657;
$custom-light: #d3a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.921,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66326,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8657

secondary

#A2B9CD

accent

#98D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8657

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

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