#BC8856#BC8856

#BC8856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.092 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8856
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 14.15, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 37.28, 67.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0403 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.092 64)
XYZ	xyz(31.2246, 28.9738, 12.7502)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8856 #568ABC

analogous

#BC5657 #BC8856 #BCBB56

triadic

#BC8856 #56BC88 #8856BC

tetradic

#BC8856 #57BC56 #568ABC #BB56BC

square

#BC8856 #57BC56 #568ABC #BB56BC

split-complementary

#BC8856 #56BCBB #5657BC

monochromatic

#6D4B2B #98693C #BC8856 #CDA782 #DFC6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8856

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8856	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)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.092 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa86',
    500: '#bc8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8856;
$custom-light: #d3aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66696,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.28972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8856

secondary

#A1B7CD

accent

#95D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8856

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

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