#BC8958#BC8958

#BC8958 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.090 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8958
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 88)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 13.77, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 36.47, 67.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0394 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.09 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4478, 29.2895, 13.2277)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8958 #588BBC

analogous

#BC5859 #BC8958 #BCBB58

triadic

#BC8958 #58BC89 #8958BC

tetradic

#BC8958 #59BC58 #588BBC #BB58BC

square

#BC8958 #59BC58 #588BBC #BB58BC

split-complementary

#BC8958 #58BCBB #5859BC

monochromatic

#6E4C2C #996A3E #BC8958 #CEA884 #DFC7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8958

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8958	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.090 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab88',
    500: '#bc8958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8958;
$custom-light: #d3ab88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66922,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8958

secondary

#A3B8CD

accent

#95D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8958

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

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