#BC8D75#BC8D75

#BC8D75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.067 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D75
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 117)
HSL	hsl(20, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(20, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 14.61, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 24.57, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0446 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.067 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4759, 31.0274, 21.0518)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D75 #75A4BC

analogous

#BC7580 #BC8D75 #BCB175

triadic

#BC8D75 #75BC8D #8D75BC

tetradic

#BC8D75 #80BC75 #75A4BC #B175BC

square

#BC8D75 #80BC75 #75A4BC #B175BC

split-complementary

#BC8D75 #75BCB1 #7580BC

monochromatic

#7B513C #A46C50 #BC8D75 #D0AF9E #E4D1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BC8D75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D75

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D75	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.067 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae9d',
    500: '#bc8d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d75;
$custom-light: #d2ae9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.282,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68248,
    "c": 0.06693,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D75

secondary

#B9CBD4

accent

#A6CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D75

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

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