#BC8A5D#BC8A5D

#BC8A5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.086 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A5D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 93)
HSL	hsl(28, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 13.68, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 34.32, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0397 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.086 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8048, 29.6608, 14.4038)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A5D #5D8FBC

analogous

#BC5D5F #BC8A5D #BCBA5D

triadic

#BC8A5D #5DBC8A #8A5DBC

tetradic

#BC8A5D #5FBC5D #5D8FBC #BA5DBC

square

#BC8A5D #5FBC5D #5D8FBC #BA5DBC

split-complementary

#BC8A5D #5DBCBA #5D5FBC

monochromatic

#704E2E #9B6C40 #BC8A5D #CEA988 #E0C9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8A5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A5D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A5D	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.086 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8b',
    500: '#bc8a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a5d;
$custom-light: #d3ac8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67199,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A5D

secondary

#A6BBCE

accent

#97D156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A5D

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

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