#BC896D#BC896D

#BC896D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.074 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC896D
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 109)
HSL	hsl(21, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 15.89, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 27.69, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0479 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.074 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4463, 29.6889, 18.4866)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC896D #6DA0BC

analogous

#BC6D78 #BC896D #BCB06D

triadic

#BC896D #6DBC89 #896DBC

tetradic

#BC896D #78BC6D #6DA0BC #B06DBC

square

#BC896D #78BC6D #6DA0BC #B06DBC

split-complementary

#BC896D #6DBCB0 #6D78BC

monochromatic

#784E37 #A2694A #BC896D #CFAB97 #E3CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC896D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC896D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC896D

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC896D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC896D	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc896d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.074 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab97',
    500: '#bc896d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc896d;
$custom-light: #d2ab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc896d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.266,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC896D

secondary

#B3C7D2

accent

#A5CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC896D

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

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