#BC8E55#BC8E55

#BC8E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.093 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E55
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 10.75, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 38.40, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0301 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.093 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0534, 30.6954, 12.8291)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E55 #5583BC

analogous

#BC5A55 #BC8E55 #B6BC55

triadic

#BC8E55 #55BC8E #8E55BC

tetradic

#BC8E55 #55BC5A #5583BC #BC55B6

square

#BC8E55 #55BC5A #5583BC #BC55B6

split-complementary

#BC8E55 #55B6BC #5A55BC

monochromatic

#6C4F2B #986F3C #BC8E55 #CDAB81 #DFC8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E55

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E55	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.093 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af86',
    500: '#bc8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e55;
$custom-light: #d3af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.204,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67855,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E55

secondary

#A0B4CC

accent

#8DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E55

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

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