#BC8A66#BC8A66

#BC8A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.079 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A66
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 102)
HSL	hsl(25, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 14.57, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 30.44, 61.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0434 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.079 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2272, 29.8298, 16.6281)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A66 #6698BC

analogous

#BC666D #BC8A66 #BCB566

triadic

#BC8A66 #66BC8A #8A66BC

tetradic

#BC8A66 #6DBC66 #6698BC #B566BC

square

#BC8A66 #6DBC66 #6698BC #B566BC

split-complementary

#BC8A66 #66BCB5 #666DBC

monochromatic

#754E33 #9F6B46 #BC8A66 #CFAB91 #E1CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BC8A66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A66

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A66	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.079 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac92',
    500: '#bc8a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a66;
$custom-light: #d2ac92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.116,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67361,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A66

secondary

#ADC2D0

accent

#9ECF59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A66

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

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