#BC8757#BC8757

#BC8757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.091 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8757
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 14.79, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 36.77, 66.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0423 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.091 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1250, 28.7097, 12.9172)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8757 #578CBC

analogous

#BC575A #BC8757 #BCBA57

triadic

#BC8757 #57BC87 #8757BC

tetradic

#BC8757 #5ABC57 #578CBC #BA57BC

square

#BC8757 #5ABC57 #578CBC #BA57BC

split-complementary

#BC8757 #57BCBA #575ABC

monochromatic

#6D4B2C #99693D #BC8757 #CDA683 #DFC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8757

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8757	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)

#988B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.091 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa87',
    500: '#bc8757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8757;
$custom-light: #d3aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.515,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66518,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8757

secondary

#A2B8CD

accent

#97D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8757

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

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