#BC8A72#BC8A72

#BC8A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.070 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A72
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 15.91, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 25.82, 51.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0483 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.07 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8660, 30.0853, 19.9923)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A72 #72A4BC

analogous

#BC727F #BC8A72 #BCAF72

triadic

#BC8A72 #72BC8A #8A72BC

tetradic

#BC8A72 #7FBC72 #72A4BC #AF72BC

square

#BC8A72 #7FBC72 #72A4BC #AF72BC

split-complementary

#BC8A72 #72BCAF #727FBC

monochromatic

#7A4F3A #A3694E #BC8A72 #D0AC9B #E3CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BC8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A72

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A72	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.070 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9a',
    500: '#bc8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a72;
$custom-light: #d2ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.07043,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A72

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#A7CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A72

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

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