#BC8A60#BC8A60

#BC8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.084 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A60
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(27, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 13.97, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 33.00, 64.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0409 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.084 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9403, 29.7150, 15.1173)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A60 #6092BC

analogous

#BC6064 #BC8A60 #BCB860

triadic

#BC8A60 #60BC8A #8A60BC

tetradic

#BC8A60 #64BC60 #6092BC #B860BC

square

#BC8A60 #64BC60 #6092BC #B860BC

split-complementary

#BC8A60 #60BCB8 #6064BC

monochromatic

#724E30 #9D6B42 #BC8A60 #CEAA8B #E0C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A60

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A60	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#998E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.084 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8d',
    500: '#bc8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a60;
$custom-light: #d2ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67251,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A60

secondary

#A9BECF

accent

#99D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A60

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

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