#BC8A73#BC8A73

#BC8A73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.070 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8A73
RGBrgb(188, 138, 115)
HSLhsl(19, 35%, 59%)
HSVhsv(19, 39%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.6%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.75, 16.03, 19.80)
CIE-LCHlch(61.75, 25.48, 51.01°)
OKLaboklab(67.63% 0.0487 0.05)
OKLCHoklch(67.63% 0.07 45.7)
XYZxyz(32.9232, 30.1082, 20.2937)
Luminance0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8A73 #73A5BC
analogous
#BC7381 #BC8A73 #BCAF73
triadic
#BC8A73 #73BC8A #8A73BC
tetradic
#BC8A73 #81BC73 #73A5BC #AF73BC
square
#BC8A73 #81BC73 #73A5BC #AF73BC
split-complementary
#BC8A73 #73BCAF #7381BC
monochromatic
#7A4F3A #A4694E #BC8A73 #D0AD9C #E4CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#BC8A73 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02
#BC8A73 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A73
7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8A73#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC8A731.002.997.027.02
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0221.001.001.00
##0000007.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#978F71
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39973
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C98284
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.070 45.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9b',
    500: '#bc8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8a73;
$custom-light: #d2ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.904,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67626,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8A73
secondary
#B7CBD4
accent
#A8CB5C
background
#FDFAF9
surface
#FAF4F2
border
#D3CECC
text
#14100E
muted
#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A73

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#BC8A73 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva