#BC8E77#BC8E77

#BC8E77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.065 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E77
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(20, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(20, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 14.30, 19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 23.80, 53.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0438 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.065 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7428, 31.3712, 21.7271)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E77 #77A5BC

analogous

#BC7782 #BC8E77 #BCB077

triadic

#BC8E77 #77BC8E #8E77BC

tetradic

#BC8E77 #82BC77 #77A5BC #B077BC

square

#BC8E77 #82BC77 #77A5BC #B077BC

split-complementary

#BC8E77 #77BCB0 #7782BC

monochromatic

#7C523D #A56D51 #BC8E77 #D0B0A0 #E4D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC8E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BC8E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E77

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E77	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.065 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1af9e',
    500: '#bc8e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e77;
$custom-light: #d1af9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68485,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E77

secondary

#BACCD5

accent

#86AD39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E77

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

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