#BC8772#BC8772

#BC8772 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.072 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8772
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 17.58, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 26.13, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0533 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.072 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4415, 29.2363, 19.8508)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8772 #72A7BC

analogous

#BC7282 #BC8772 #BCAC72

triadic

#BC8772 #72BC87 #8772BC

tetradic

#BC8772 #82BC72 #72A7BC #AC72BC

square

#BC8772 #82BC72 #72A7BC #AC72BC

split-complementary

#BC8772 #72BCAC #7282BC

monochromatic

#7A4C3A #A3664E #BC8772 #D0AA9B #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8772

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8772	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.072 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa9a',
    500: '#bc8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8772;
$custom-light: #d2aa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.027,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67031,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8772

secondary

#B6CBD3

accent

#ACCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8772

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

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