#BC896E#BC896E

#BC896E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.074 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC896E
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 16.00, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 27.32, 54.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0483 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.074 49)
XYZ	xyz(32.5004, 29.7106, 18.7717)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC896E #6EA1BC

analogous

#BC6E7A #BC896E #BCB06E

triadic

#BC896E #6EBC89 #896EBC

tetradic

#BC896E #7ABC6E #6EA1BC #B06EBC

square

#BC896E #7ABC6E #6EA1BC #B06EBC

split-complementary

#BC896E #6EBCB0 #6E7ABC

monochromatic

#784E37 #A2694B #BC896E #CFAB98 #E3CDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC896E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC896E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC896E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC896E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC896E	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)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc896e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.074 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab97',
    500: '#bc896e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc896e;
$custom-light: #d2ab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc896e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.07355,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.29708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC896E

secondary

#B3C8D2

accent

#A5CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC896E

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

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