#BC8962#BC8962

#BC8962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.082 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8962
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 98)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 14.72, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 32.10, 62.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.0434 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.082 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8908, 29.4667, 15.5609)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8962 #6295BC

analogous

#BC6268 #BC8962 #BCB662

triadic

#BC8962 #62BC89 #8962BC

tetradic

#BC8962 #68BC62 #6295BC #B662BC

square

#BC8962 #68BC62 #6295BC #B662BC

split-complementary

#BC8962 #62BCB6 #6268BC

monochromatic

#734D31 #9E6A43 #BC8962 #CEA98D #E1C9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8962

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8962	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)

#988D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.082 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab8f',
    500: '#bc8962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8962;
$custom-light: #d2ab8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67093,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8962

secondary

#AABFCF

accent

#9CD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8962

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

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