#BC8D56#BC8D56

#BC8D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.092 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D56
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 11.38, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 37.80, 72.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0321 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.092 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9452, 30.4152, 12.9905)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D56 #5685BC

analogous

#BC5A56 #BC8D56 #B8BC56

triadic

#BC8D56 #56BC8D #8D56BC

tetradic

#BC8D56 #56BC5A #5685BC #BC56B8

square

#BC8D56 #56BC5A #5685BC #BC56B8

split-complementary

#BC8D56 #56B8BC #5A56BC

monochromatic

#6D4E2B #986E3C #BC8D56 #CDAB82 #DFC8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BC8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D56

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D56	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)

#9D8F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.092 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae87',
    500: '#bc8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d56;
$custom-light: #d3ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.353,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67673,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D56

secondary

#A1B5CD

accent

#8FD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D56

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

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