#BC8A6F#BC8A6F

#BC8A6F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.072 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A6F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 111)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 15.56, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 26.90, 54.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0471 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.072 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6980, 30.0181, 19.1077)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A6F #6FA1BC

analogous

#BC6F7A #BC8A6F #BCB06F

triadic

#BC8A6F #6FBC8A #8A6FBC

tetradic

#BC8A6F #7ABC6F #6FA1BC #B06FBC

square

#BC8A6F #7ABC6F #6FA1BC #B06FBC

split-complementary

#BC8A6F #6FBCB0 #6F7ABC

monochromatic

#794F38 #A26A4C #BC8A6F #CFAC99 #E3CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8A6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A6F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A6F	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)

#978F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.072 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac98',
    500: '#bc8a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a6f;
$custom-light: #d2ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.039,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6754,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A6F

secondary

#B4C8D3

accent

#A5CC5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A6F

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

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