#BC8A55#BC8A55

#BC8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A55
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 12.95, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 37.91, 70.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0366 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.093 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4689, 29.5264, 12.6343)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A55 #5587BC

analogous

#BC5655 #BC8A55 #BABC55

triadic

#BC8A55 #55BC8A #8A55BC

tetradic

#BC8A55 #55BC56 #5587BC #BC55BA

square

#BC8A55 #55BC56 #5587BC #BC55BA

split-complementary

#BC8A55 #55BABC #5655BC

monochromatic

#6C4C2B #986B3C #BC8A55 #CDA881 #DFC6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A55

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A55	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)

#9B8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac86',
    500: '#bc8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a55;
$custom-light: #d3ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.874,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67069,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A55

secondary

#A0B6CC

accent

#92D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A55

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

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