#BC8E59#BC8E59

#BC8E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.089 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E59
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 11.10, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 36.54, 72.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0316 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.089 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2168, 30.7608, 13.6898)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E59 #5987BC

analogous

#BC5D59 #BC8E59 #B9BC59

triadic

#BC8E59 #59BC8E #8E59BC

tetradic

#BC8E59 #59BC5D #5987BC #BC59B9

square

#BC8E59 #59BC5D #5987BC #BC59B9

split-complementary

#BC8E59 #59B9BC #5D59BC

monochromatic

#6E502C #9A6F3E #BC8E59 #CEAC85 #DFC9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E59

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E59	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)

#9E9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.089 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af89',
    500: '#bc8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e59;
$custom-light: #d3af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E59

secondary

#A3B7CD

accent

#8FD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E59

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

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