#BC8A65#BC8A65

#BC8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.080 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A65
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(26, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 14.47, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 30.86, 62.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.043 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.08 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1779, 29.8100, 16.3685)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A65 #6597BC

analogous

#BC656C #BC8A65 #BCB665

triadic

#BC8A65 #65BC8A #8A65BC

tetradic

#BC8A65 #6CBC65 #6597BC #B665BC

square

#BC8A65 #6CBC65 #6597BC #B665BC

split-complementary

#BC8A65 #65BCB6 #656CBC

monochromatic

#744E33 #9F6B45 #BC8A65 #CFAA90 #E1CBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A65

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A65	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)

#998E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.080 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac91',
    500: '#bc8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a65;
$custom-light: #d2ac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.517,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67342,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A65

secondary

#ADC1D0

accent

#9DCF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A65

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

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