#BC8D79#BC8D79

#BC8D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.064 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D79
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 15.10, 17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 23.20, 49.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0463 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.064 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7161, 31.1235, 22.3170)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D79 #79A8BC

analogous

#BC7986 #BC8D79 #BCAE79

triadic

#BC8D79 #79BC8D #8D79BC

tetradic

#BC8D79 #86BC79 #79A8BC #AE79BC

square

#BC8D79 #86BC79 #79A8BC #AE79BC

split-complementary

#BC8D79 #79BCAE #7986BC

monochromatic

#7C513E #A56B53 #BC8D79 #D0B0A2 #E5D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D79

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D79	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.064 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ae9f',
    500: '#bc8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d79;
$custom-light: #d1ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.0644,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D79

secondary

#BCCED5

accent

#8AAC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D79

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

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