#BC8765#BC8765

#BC8765 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.081 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8765
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 101)
HSL	hsl(23, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 16.13, 26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 30.84, 58.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0479 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.081 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7534, 28.9611, 16.2270)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8765 #659ABC

analogous

#BC656F #BC8765 #BCB365

triadic

#BC8765 #65BC87 #8765BC

tetradic

#BC8765 #6FBC65 #659ABC #B365BC

square

#BC8765 #6FBC65 #659ABC #B365BC

split-complementary

#BC8765 #65BCB3 #656FBC

monochromatic

#744C33 #9F6845 #BC8765 #CFA890 #E1C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8765

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8765	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.081 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa91',
    500: '#bc8765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8765;
$custom-light: #d2aa91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.448,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.08067,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8765

secondary

#ADC2D0

accent

#A1CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8765

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

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