#BC8665#BC8665

#BC8665 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.081 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8665
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 101)
HSL	hsl(23, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 16.69, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 30.86, 57.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0496 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.081 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6146, 28.6833, 16.1807)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8665 #659BBC

analogous

#BC6570 #BC8665 #BCB265

triadic

#BC8665 #65BC86 #8665BC

tetradic

#BC8665 #70BC65 #659BBC #B265BC

square

#BC8665 #70BC65 #659BBC #B265BC

split-complementary

#BC8665 #65BCB2 #6570BC

monochromatic

#744B33 #9F6745 #BC8665 #CFA890 #E1C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8665

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8665	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958B63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.081 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a991',
    500: '#bc8665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8665;
$custom-light: #d2a991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66573,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8665

secondary

#ADC3D0

accent

#A2CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8665

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

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