#BC8A5E#BC8A5E

#BC8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.085 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A5E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 13.77, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 33.88, 66.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0401 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.085 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8494, 29.6786, 14.6385)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A5E #5E90BC

analogous

#BC5E61 #BC8A5E #BCB95E

triadic

#BC8A5E #5EBC8A #8A5EBC

tetradic

#BC8A5E #61BC5E #5E90BC #B95EBC

square

#BC8A5E #61BC5E #5E90BC #B95EBC

split-complementary

#BC8A5E #5EBCB9 #5E61BC

monochromatic

#714E2F #9C6B41 #BC8A5E #CEA989 #E0C9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A5E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A5E	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5995F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.085 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8c',
    500: '#bc8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a5e;
$custom-light: #d3ac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.085,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A5E

secondary

#A7BCCF

accent

#98D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A5E

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

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