#BC8A6A#BC8A6A

#BC8A6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.076 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A6A
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 106)
HSL	hsl(23, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 15.00, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 28.82, 58.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.045 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.076 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4304, 29.9110, 17.6982)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A6A #6A9CBC

analogous

#BC6A73 #BC8A6A #BCB36A

triadic

#BC8A6A #6ABC8A #8A6ABC

tetradic

#BC8A6A #73BC6A #6A9CBC #B36ABC

square

#BC8A6A #73BC6A #6A9CBC #B36ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A6A #6ABCB3 #6A73BC

monochromatic

#764F35 #A16B48 #BC8A6A #CFAB94 #E2CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A6A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A6A	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)

#988E68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4996A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.076 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac95',
    500: '#bc8a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a6a;
$custom-light: #d2ac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.07594,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A6A

secondary

#B0C5D1

accent

#A1CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A6A

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

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