#BC8A79#BC8A79

#BC8A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.066 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A79
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 16.77, 16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 23.59, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0512 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.066 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2797, 30.2508, 22.1715)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A79 #79ABBC

analogous

#BC7989 #BC8A79 #BCAB79

triadic

#BC8A79 #79BC8A #8A79BC

tetradic

#BC8A79 #89BC79 #79ABBC #AB79BC

square

#BC8A79 #89BC79 #79ABBC #AB79BC

split-complementary

#BC8A79 #79BCAB #7989BC

monochromatic

#7C4E3E #A56853 #BC8A79 #D0AEA2 #E5D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A79

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A79	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.066 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9f',
    500: '#bc8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a79;
$custom-light: #d1ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67761,
    "c": 0.06642,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A79

secondary

#BCCFD5

accent

#8FAC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A79

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

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