#BC8957#BC8957

#BC8957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.091 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8957
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 13.68, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 36.91, 68.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.039 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.091 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4066, 29.2730, 13.0111)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8957 #578ABC

analogous

#BC5758 #BC8957 #BCBC57

triadic

#BC8957 #57BC89 #8957BC

tetradic

#BC8957 #58BC57 #578ABC #BC57BC

square

#BC8957 #58BC57 #578ABC #BC57BC

split-complementary

#BC8957 #57BCBC #5758BC

monochromatic

#6D4C2C #996A3D #BC8957 #CDA883 #DFC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8957

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8957	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#998C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.091 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab87',
    500: '#bc8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8957;
$custom-light: #d3ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.703,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8957

secondary

#A2B8CD

accent

#95D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8957

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

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