#BC8E57#BC8E57

#BC8E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.091 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E57
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 10.92, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 37.47, 73.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0308 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.091 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1339, 30.7276, 13.2535)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E57 #5785BC

analogous

#BC5C57 #BC8E57 #B8BC57

triadic

#BC8E57 #57BC8E #8E57BC

tetradic

#BC8E57 #57BC5C #5785BC #BC57B8

square

#BC8E57 #57BC5C #5785BC #BC57B8

split-complementary

#BC8E57 #57B8BC #5C57BC

monochromatic

#6D4F2C #996F3D #BC8E57 #CDAB83 #DFC9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E57

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E57	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.091 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af87',
    500: '#bc8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e57;
$custom-light: #d3af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.673,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67885,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E57

secondary

#A2B5CD

accent

#8ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E57

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

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