#BC8A63#BC8A63

#BC8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.081 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A63
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 14.27, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 31.71, 63.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0421 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.081 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0811, 29.7713, 15.8587)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A63 #6395BC

analogous

#BC6369 #BC8A63 #BCB763

triadic

#BC8A63 #63BC8A #8A63BC

tetradic

#BC8A63 #69BC63 #6395BC #B763BC

square

#BC8A63 #69BC63 #6395BC #B763BC

split-complementary

#BC8A63 #63BCB7 #6369BC

monochromatic

#734E31 #9E6B44 #BC8A63 #CEAA8E #E1CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A63

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A63	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)

#998E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.081 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac90',
    500: '#bc8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a63;
$custom-light: #d2ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.292,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.08129,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A63

secondary

#ABC0D0

accent

#9BD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A63

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

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