#BC8964#BC8964

#BC8964 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.081 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8964
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 100)
HSL	hsl(25, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 14.92, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 31.26, 61.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0442 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.081 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9864, 29.5049, 16.0644)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8964 #6497BC

analogous

#BC646B #BC8964 #BCB564

triadic

#BC8964 #64BC89 #8964BC

tetradic

#BC8964 #6BBC64 #6497BC #B564BC

square

#BC8964 #6BBC64 #6497BC #B564BC

split-complementary

#BC8964 #64BCB5 #646BBC

monochromatic

#744E32 #9E6A44 #BC8964 #CEAA8F #E1CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8964

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8964	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)

#988D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.081 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab90',
    500: '#bc8964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8964;
$custom-light: #d2ab90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.227,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6713,
    "c": 0.08076,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8964

secondary

#ACC1D0

accent

#9DD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8964

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

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