#BC8960#BC8960

#BC8960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.084 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8960
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 96)
HSL	hsl(27, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 14.52, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 32.95, 63.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0426 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.084 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7975, 29.4294, 15.0697)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8960 #6093BC

analogous

#BC6065 #BC8960 #BCB760

triadic

#BC8960 #60BC89 #8960BC

tetradic

#BC8960 #65BC60 #6093BC #B760BC

square

#BC8960 #65BC60 #6093BC #B760BC

split-complementary

#BC8960 #60BCB7 #6065BC

monochromatic

#724D30 #9D6A42 #BC8960 #CEA98B #E0C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8960

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8960	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.084 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab8d',
    500: '#bc8960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8960;
$custom-light: #d2ab8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.739,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67057,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8960

secondary

#A9BECF

accent

#9AD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8960

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

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