#BC8A64#BC8A64

#BC8A64 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.081 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A64
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 100)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 14.37, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 31.28, 62.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0426 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.081 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1292, 29.7906, 16.1120)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A64 #6496BC

analogous

#BC646A #BC8A64 #BCB664

triadic

#BC8A64 #64BC8A #8A64BC

tetradic

#BC8A64 #6ABC64 #6496BC #B664BC

square

#BC8A64 #6ABC64 #6496BC #B664BC

split-complementary

#BC8A64 #64BCB6 #646ABC

monochromatic

#744E32 #9E6B44 #BC8A64 #CEAA8F #E1CBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8A64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A64

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A64	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.081 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac90',
    500: '#bc8a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a64;
$custom-light: #d2ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67323,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A64

secondary

#ACC0D0

accent

#9CD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A64

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

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