#BC8850#BC8850

#BC8850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.097 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8850
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 13.64, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 39.98, 70.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.038 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.097 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9929, 28.8812, 11.5301)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8850 #5084BC

analogous

#BC5250 #BC8850 #BABC50

triadic

#BC8850 #50BC88 #8850BC

tetradic

#BC8850 #50BC52 #5084BC #BC50BA

square

#BC8850 #50BC52 #5084BC #BC50BA

split-complementary

#BC8850 #50BABC #5250BC

monochromatic

#694A28 #966939 #BC8850 #CDA67C #DEC4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BC8850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8850

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8850	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.097 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa82',
    500: '#bc8850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8850;
$custom-light: #d3aa82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66606,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8850

secondary

#9CB3CB

accent

#92D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8850

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

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