#BC8A76#BC8A76

#BC8A76 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.068 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A76
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(17, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 16.39, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 24.49, 47.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.05 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.068 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0986, 30.1783, 21.2177)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A76 #76A8BC

analogous

#BC7685 #BC8A76 #BCAD76

triadic

#BC8A76 #76BC8A #8A76BC

tetradic

#BC8A76 #85BC76 #76A8BC #AD76BC

square

#BC8A76 #85BC76 #76A8BC #AD76BC

split-complementary

#BC8A76 #76BCAD #7685BC

monochromatic

#7B4E3C #A46850 #BC8A76 #D0AD9F #E4D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A76

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A76	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.068 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9d',
    500: '#bc8a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a76;
$custom-light: #d2ac9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A76

secondary

#B9CDD4

accent

#ABCA5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A76

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

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