#BC8A59#BC8A59

#BC8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.089 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A59
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 13.31, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 36.10, 68.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0382 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.089 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6323, 29.5918, 13.4950)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A59 #598BBC

analogous

#BC595A #BC8A59 #BCBC59

triadic

#BC8A59 #59BC8A #8A59BC

tetradic

#BC8A59 #5ABC59 #598BBC #BC59BC

square

#BC8A59 #5ABC59 #598BBC #BC59BC

split-complementary

#BC8A59 #59BCBC #595ABC

monochromatic

#6E4D2C #9A6B3E #BC8A59 #CEA985 #DFC7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A59

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A59	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.089 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac89',
    500: '#bc8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a59;
$custom-light: #d3ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.697,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67132,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A59

secondary

#A3B9CD

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A59

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

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