#BC8A5A#BC8A5A

#BC8A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.089 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A5A
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 13.40, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 35.65, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0386 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.089 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6746, 29.6087, 13.7176)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A5A #5A8CBC

analogous

#BC5A5B #BC8A5A #BCBB5A

triadic

#BC8A5A #5ABC8A #8A5ABC

tetradic

#BC8A5A #5BBC5A #5A8CBC #BB5ABC

square

#BC8A5A #5BBC5A #5A8CBC #BB5ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A5A #5ABCBB #5A5BBC

monochromatic

#6F4D2D #9A6B3F #BC8A5A #CEA986 #DFC8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A5A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A5A	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9A8D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.089 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac89',
    500: '#bc8a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a5a;
$custom-light: #d3ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67149,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A5A

secondary

#A4B9CE

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A5A

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

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