#BC8965#BC8965

#BC8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8965
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(25, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 15.02, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 30.84, 60.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0446 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.08 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0351, 29.5244, 16.3209)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8965 #6598BC

analogous

#BC656D #BC8965 #BCB565

triadic

#BC8965 #65BC89 #8965BC

tetradic

#BC8965 #6DBC65 #6598BC #B565BC

square

#BC8965 #6DBC65 #6598BC #B565BC

split-complementary

#BC8965 #65BCB5 #656DBC

monochromatic

#744E33 #9F6A45 #BC8965 #CFAA90 #E1CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8965

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8965	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)

#988D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab91',
    500: '#bc8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8965;
$custom-light: #d2ab91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.828,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67148,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8965

secondary

#ADC1D0

accent

#9ECF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8965

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

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