#BC8955#BC8955

#BC8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.093 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8955
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 13.51, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 37.81, 69.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0383 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.093 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3261, 29.2408, 12.5867)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8955 #5588BC

analogous

#BC5555 #BC8955 #BBBC55

triadic

#BC8955 #55BC89 #8955BC

tetradic

#BC8955 #55BC55 #5588BC #BC55BB

square

#BC8955 #55BC55 #5588BC #BC55BB

split-complementary

#BC8955 #55BBBC #5555BC

monochromatic

#6C4C2B #986A3C #BC8955 #CDA781 #DFC6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8955

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8955	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)

#9A8C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.093 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab86',
    500: '#bc8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8955;
$custom-light: #d3ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.291,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66875,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8955

secondary

#A0B6CC

accent

#93D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8955

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

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