#BC8A70#BC8A70

#BC8A70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.072 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A70
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 15.68, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 26.53, 53.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0475 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.072 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7534, 30.0402, 19.3993)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A70 #70A2BC

analogous

#BC707C #BC8A70 #BCB070

triadic

#BC8A70 #70BC8A #8A70BC

tetradic

#BC8A70 #7CBC70 #70A2BC #B070BC

square

#BC8A70 #7CBC70 #70A2BC #B070BC

split-complementary

#BC8A70 #70BCB0 #707CBC

monochromatic

#794F39 #A36A4C #BC8A70 #D0AC9A #E3CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A70

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A70	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.072 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac99',
    500: '#bc8a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a70;
$custom-light: #d2ac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A70

secondary

#B5C9D3

accent

#A6CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A70

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

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