#BC8A57#BC8A57

#BC8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.091 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A57
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 13.13, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 37.00, 69.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0374 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.091 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5494, 29.5587, 13.0587)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A57 #5789BC

analogous

#BC5857 #BC8A57 #BCBC57

triadic

#BC8A57 #57BC8A #8A57BC

tetradic

#BC8A57 #57BC58 #5789BC #BC57BC

square

#BC8A57 #57BC58 #5789BC #BC57BC

split-complementary

#BC8A57 #57BCBC #5857BC

monochromatic

#6D4D2C #996B3D #BC8A57 #CDA883 #DFC7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A57

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A57	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)

#9A8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.091 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac87',
    500: '#bc8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a57;
$custom-light: #d3ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.297,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.671,
    "c": 0.09104,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A57

secondary

#A2B7CD

accent

#93D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A57

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

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