#BC8959#BC8959

#BC8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.089 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8959
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 13.86, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 36.02, 67.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0398 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.089 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4895, 29.3062, 13.4474)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8959 #598CBC

analogous

#BC595B #BC8959 #BCBB59

triadic

#BC8959 #59BC89 #8959BC

tetradic

#BC8959 #5BBC59 #598CBC #BB59BC

square

#BC8959 #5BBC59 #598CBC #BB59BC

split-complementary

#BC8959 #59BCBB #595BBC

monochromatic

#6E4C2C #9A6B3E #BC8959 #CEA885 #DFC7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8959

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8959	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)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.089 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab89',
    500: '#bc8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8959;
$custom-light: #d3ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66938,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8959

secondary

#A3B9CD

accent

#96D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8959

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

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