#BC8963#BC8963

#BC8963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.082 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8963
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 99)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 14.82, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 31.67, 62.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0438 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.082 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9383, 29.4857, 15.8111)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8963 #6396BC

analogous

#BC636A #BC8963 #BCB663

triadic

#BC8963 #63BC89 #8963BC

tetradic

#BC8963 #6ABC63 #6396BC #B663BC

square

#BC8963 #6ABC63 #6396BC #B663BC

split-complementary

#BC8963 #63BCB6 #636ABC

monochromatic

#734E31 #9E6A44 #BC8963 #CEA98E #E1CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8963

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8963	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.082 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab90',
    500: '#bc8963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8963;
$custom-light: #d2ab90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.618,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67111,
    "c": 0.08153,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8963

secondary

#ABC0D0

accent

#9DD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8963

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →