#BC8A62#BC8A62

#BC8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.082 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A62
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 14.16, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 32.14, 63.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.0417 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.082 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0336, 29.7523, 15.6085)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A62 #6294BC

analogous

#BC6267 #BC8A62 #BCB762

triadic

#BC8A62 #62BC8A #8A62BC

tetradic

#BC8A62 #67BC62 #6294BC #B762BC

square

#BC8A62 #67BC62 #6294BC #B762BC

split-complementary

#BC8A62 #62BCB7 #6267BC

monochromatic

#734E31 #9E6B43 #BC8A62 #CEAA8D #E1CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A62

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A62	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.082 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8f',
    500: '#bc8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a62;
$custom-light: #d2ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67286,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A62

secondary

#AABFCF

accent

#9BD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A62

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

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