#BC8A69#BC8A69

#BC8A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.077 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A69
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(24, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(24, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 14.89, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 29.22, 59.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0446 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.077 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3787, 29.8903, 17.4259)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A69 #699BBC

analogous

#BC6972 #BC8A69 #BCB369

triadic

#BC8A69 #69BC8A #8A69BC

tetradic

#BC8A69 #72BC69 #699BBC #B369BC

square

#BC8A69 #72BC69 #699BBC #B369BC

split-complementary

#BC8A69 #69BCB3 #6972BC

monochromatic

#764F35 #A06B48 #BC8A69 #CFAB93 #E2CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A69

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A69	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.077 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac94',
    500: '#bc8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a69;
$custom-light: #d2ac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.855,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67418,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A69

secondary

#B0C4D1

accent

#A0CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A69

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

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