#BC8A78#BC8A78

#BC8A78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.067 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A78
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(16, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(16, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 16.64, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 23.88, 45.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0508 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.067 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2187, 30.2264, 21.8503)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A78 #78AABC

analogous

#BC7888 #BC8A78 #BCAC78

triadic

#BC8A78 #78BC8A #8A78BC

tetradic

#BC8A78 #88BC78 #78AABC #AC78BC

square

#BC8A78 #88BC78 #78AABC #AC78BC

split-complementary

#BC8A78 #78BCAC #7888BC

monochromatic

#7C4E3E #A56852 #BC8A78 #D0ADA1 #E5D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A78

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A78	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)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.067 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9f',
    500: '#bc8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a78;
$custom-light: #d2ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67738,
    "c": 0.06694,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A78

secondary

#BBCED5

accent

#8EAC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A78

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

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