#BC8A6E#BC8A6E

#BC8A6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.073 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A6E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(22, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(22, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 15.45, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 27.27, 55.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0466 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.073 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6432, 29.9962, 18.8193)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A6E #6EA0BC

analogous

#BC6E79 #BC8A6E #BCB16E

triadic

#BC8A6E #6EBC8A #8A6EBC

tetradic

#BC8A6E #79BC6E #6EA0BC #B16EBC

square

#BC8A6E #79BC6E #6EA0BC #B16EBC

split-complementary

#BC8A6E #6EBCB1 #6E79BC

monochromatic

#784F37 #A26A4B #BC8A6E #CFAC98 #E3CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A6E

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A6E	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.073 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac97',
    500: '#bc8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a6e;
$custom-light: #d2ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.538,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A6E

secondary

#B3C7D2

accent

#A4CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A6E

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

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