#BC8A6C#BC8A6C

#BC8A6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.074 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8A6C
RGBrgb(188, 138, 108)
HSLhsl(23, 37%, 58%)
HSVhsv(23, 43%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.6%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.61, 15.22, 23.54)
CIE-LCHlch(61.61, 28.03, 57.11°)
OKLaboklab(67.48% 0.0458 0.0587)
OKLCHoklch(67.48% 0.074 52)
XYZxyz(32.5356, 29.9531, 18.2523)
Luminance0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8A6C #6C9EBC
analogous
#BC6C76 #BC8A6C #BCB26C
triadic
#BC8A6C #6CBC8A #8A6CBC
tetradic
#BC8A6C #76BC6C #6C9EBC #B26CBC
square
#BC8A6C #76BC6C #6C9EBC #B26CBC
split-complementary
#BC8A6C #6CBCB2 #6C76BC
monochromatic
#774F36 #A16A4A #BC8A6C #CFAB96 #E2CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#BC8A6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#BC8A6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A6C
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8A6C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC8A6C1.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#988E6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4996C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C98182
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.074 52.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac96',
    500: '#bc8a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8a6c;
$custom-light: #d2ac96;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.29951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8A6C
secondary
#B2C6D2
accent
#A2CD5A
background
#FDFAF9
surface
#FAF4F2
border
#D3CECC
text
#14100D
muted
#837F7E

Preview Lab

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#BC8A6C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva