#BC8857#BC8857

#BC8857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.091 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8857
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 14.23, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 36.84, 67.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0407 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.091 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2651, 28.9901, 12.9639)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8857 #578BBC

analogous

#BC5759 #BC8857 #BCBB57

triadic

#BC8857 #57BC88 #8857BC

tetradic

#BC8857 #59BC57 #578BBC #BB57BC

square

#BC8857 #59BC57 #578BBC #BB57BC

split-complementary

#BC8857 #57BCBB #5759BC

monochromatic

#6D4B2C #996A3D #BC8857 #CDA783 #DFC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8857

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8857	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.091 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa87',
    500: '#bc8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8857;
$custom-light: #d3aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.109,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66712,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8857

secondary

#A2B8CD

accent

#96D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8857

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

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