#BC8D72#BC8D72

#BC8D72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.069 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D72
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 14.25, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 25.67, 56.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0434 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.069 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3023, 30.9580, 20.1377)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D72 #72A1BC

analogous

#BC727C #BC8D72 #BCB272

triadic

#BC8D72 #72BC8D #8D72BC

tetradic

#BC8D72 #7CBC72 #72A1BC #B272BC

square

#BC8D72 #7CBC72 #72A1BC #B272BC

split-complementary

#BC8D72 #72BCB2 #727CBC

monochromatic

#7A513A #A36D4E #BC8D72 #D0AF9B #E3D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BC8D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D72

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D72	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.069 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae9a',
    500: '#bc8d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d72;
$custom-light: #d2ae9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.892,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.069,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D72

secondary

#B6C9D3

accent

#A3CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D72

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

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