#BC8971#BC8971

#BC8971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.072 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8971
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 113)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 16.35, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 26.25, 51.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0495 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.072 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6665, 29.7770, 19.6465)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8971 #71A4BC

analogous

#BC717F #BC8971 #BCAF71

triadic

#BC8971 #71BC89 #8971BC

tetradic

#BC8971 #7FBC71 #71A4BC #AF71BC

square

#BC8971 #7FBC71 #71A4BC #AF71BC

split-complementary

#BC8971 #71BCAF #717FBC

monochromatic

#794E39 #A3684D #BC8971 #D0AC9B #E3CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8971

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8971	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.072 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9a',
    500: '#bc8971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8971;
$custom-light: #d2ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67391,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8971

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#A8CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8971

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

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