#BC8B72#BC8B72

#BC8B72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.070 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B72
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(20, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 15.36, 20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 25.75, 53.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0466 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.07 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0101, 30.3735, 20.0403)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B72 #72A3BC

analogous

#BC727E #BC8B72 #BCB072

triadic

#BC8B72 #72BC8B #8B72BC

tetradic

#BC8B72 #7EBC72 #72A3BC #B072BC

square

#BC8B72 #7EBC72 #72A3BC #B072BC

split-complementary

#BC8B72 #72BCB0 #727EBC

monochromatic

#7A4F3A #A36B4E #BC8B72 #D0AD9B #E3CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B72

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B72	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.070 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ad9a',
    500: '#bc8b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b72;
$custom-light: #d2ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.27,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B72

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#A6CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B72

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

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