#BC8D55#BC8D55

#BC8D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.093 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D55
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 11.30, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 38.26, 72.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0317 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.093 70)
XYZ	xyz(31.9052, 30.3992, 12.7797)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D55 #5584BC

analogous

#BC5955 #BC8D55 #B8BC55

triadic

#BC8D55 #55BC8D #8D55BC

tetradic

#BC8D55 #55BC59 #5584BC #BC55B8

square

#BC8D55 #55BC59 #5584BC #BC55B8

split-complementary

#BC8D55 #55B8BC #5955BC

monochromatic

#6C4E2B #986E3C #BC8D55 #CDAA81 #DFC8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BC8D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D55

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D55	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.093 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae86',
    500: '#bc8d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d55;
$custom-light: #d3ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.621,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67658,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.30397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D55

secondary

#A0B4CC

accent

#8ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D55

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

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