#BC8759#BC8759

#BC8759 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8759
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 14.97, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 35.89, 65.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0431 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.09 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2078, 28.7428, 13.3535)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8759 #598EBC

analogous

#BC595D #BC8759 #BCB959

triadic

#BC8759 #59BC87 #8759BC

tetradic

#BC8759 #5DBC59 #598EBC #B959BC

square

#BC8759 #5DBC59 #598EBC #B959BC

split-complementary

#BC8759 #59BCB9 #595DBC

monochromatic

#6E4B2C #9A693E #BC8759 #CEA785 #DFC6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8759

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8759	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa88',
    500: '#bc8759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8759;
$custom-light: #d3aa88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.879,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8759

secondary

#A3BACD

accent

#98D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8759

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

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