#BC8961#BC8961

#BC8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.083 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8961
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 14.62, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 32.52, 63.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.043 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.083 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8439, 29.4479, 15.3137)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8961 #6194BC

analogous

#BC6166 #BC8961 #BCB661

triadic

#BC8961 #61BC89 #8961BC

tetradic

#BC8961 #66BC61 #6194BC #B661BC

square

#BC8961 #66BC61 #6194BC #B661BC

split-complementary

#BC8961 #61BCB6 #6166BC

monochromatic

#724D30 #9D6A43 #BC8961 #CEA98C #E0C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8961

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8961	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)

#988D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.083 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab8e',
    500: '#bc8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8961;
$custom-light: #d2ab8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67075,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8961

secondary

#AABFCF

accent

#9BD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8961

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

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