#BC8A71#BC8A71

#BC8A71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.071 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A71
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 113)
HSL	hsl(20, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 15.79, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 26.18, 52.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0479 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.071 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8093, 30.0626, 19.6941)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A71 #71A3BC

analogous

#BC717E #BC8A71 #BCB071

triadic

#BC8A71 #71BC8A #8A71BC

tetradic

#BC8A71 #7EBC71 #71A3BC #B071BC

square

#BC8A71 #7EBC71 #71A3BC #B071BC

split-complementary

#BC8A71 #71BCB0 #717EBC

monochromatic

#794F39 #A36A4D #BC8A71 #D0AC9B #E3CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8A71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A71

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A71	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#978F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.071 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9a',
    500: '#bc8a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a71;
$custom-light: #d2ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67583,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A71

secondary

#B6C9D3

accent

#A7CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A71

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

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