#BC8A5F#BC8A5F

#BC8A5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.084 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A5F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 95)
HSL	hsl(28, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 13.87, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 33.44, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0405 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.084 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8946, 29.6967, 14.8764)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A5F #5F91BC

analogous

#BC5F62 #BC8A5F #BCB85F

triadic

#BC8A5F #5FBC8A #8A5FBC

tetradic

#BC8A5F #62BC5F #5F91BC #B85FBC

square

#BC8A5F #62BC5F #5F91BC #B85FBC

split-complementary

#BC8A5F #5FBCB8 #5F62BC

monochromatic

#714E2F #9C6B41 #BC8A5F #CEAA8A #E0C9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8A5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A5F

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A5F	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)

#998E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.084 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8d',
    500: '#bc8a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a5f;
$custom-light: #d3ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.742,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67233,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A5F

secondary

#A8BDCF

accent

#98D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A5F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →