#BC8A75#BC8A75

#BC8A75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.069 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A75
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, 16.27, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 24.81, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0495 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.069 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0395, 30.1547, 20.9064)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A75 #75A7BC

analogous

#BC7584 #BC8A75 #BCAD75

triadic

#BC8A75 #75BC8A #8A75BC

tetradic

#BC8A75 #84BC75 #75A7BC #AD75BC

square

#BC8A75 #84BC75 #75A7BC #AD75BC

split-complementary

#BC8A75 #75BCAD #7584BC

monochromatic

#7B4E3C #A46950 #BC8A75 #D0AD9E #E4D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A75

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A75	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)

#978F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.069 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9c',
    500: '#bc8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a75;
$custom-light: #d2ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A75

secondary

#B9CCD4

accent

#AACB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A75

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

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