#BC8B59#BC8B59

#BC8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.089 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B59
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 12.75, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 36.19, 69.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0365 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.089 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7764, 29.8801, 13.5430)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B59 #598ABC

analogous

#BC5A59 #BC8B59 #BCBC59

triadic

#BC8B59 #59BC8B #8B59BC

tetradic

#BC8B59 #59BC5A #598ABC #BC59BC

square

#BC8B59 #59BC5A #598ABC #BC59BC

split-complementary

#BC8B59 #59BCBC #5A59BC

monochromatic

#6E4E2C #9A6C3E #BC8B59 #CEA985 #DFC8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B59

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B59	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.089 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac89',
    500: '#bc8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b59;
$custom-light: #d3ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.303,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B59

secondary

#A3B8CD

accent

#93D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B59

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

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