#BC8A74#BC8A74

#BC8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.069 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A74
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 16.15, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 25.14, 50.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0491 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.069 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9810, 30.1313, 20.5984)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A74 #74A6BC

analogous

#BC7482 #BC8A74 #BCAE74

triadic

#BC8A74 #74BC8A #8A74BC

tetradic

#BC8A74 #82BC74 #74A6BC #AE74BC

square

#BC8A74 #82BC74 #74A6BC #AE74BC

split-complementary

#BC8A74 #74BCAE #7482BC

monochromatic

#7B4E3B #A4694F #BC8A74 #D0AD9D #E4D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A74

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A74	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.069 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9c',
    500: '#bc8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a74;
$custom-light: #d2ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.0692,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A74

secondary

#B8CBD4

accent

#A9CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A74

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

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