#BC8A56#BC8A56

#BC8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.092 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A56
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 13.04, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 37.46, 69.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.037 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.092 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5089, 29.5424, 12.8450)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A56 #5688BC

analogous

#BC5756 #BC8A56 #BBBC56

triadic

#BC8A56 #56BC8A #8A56BC

tetradic

#BC8A56 #56BC57 #5688BC #BC56BB

square

#BC8A56 #56BC57 #5688BC #BC56BB

split-complementary

#BC8A56 #56BBBC #5756BC

monochromatic

#6D4C2B #986B3C #BC8A56 #CDA882 #DFC7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A56

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A56	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.092 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac86',
    500: '#bc8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a56;
$custom-light: #d3ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A56

secondary

#A1B6CD

accent

#93D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A56

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

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