#BC8F55#BC8F55

#BC8F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.093 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F55
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 10.19, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 38.55, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0284 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.093 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2028, 30.9943, 12.8789)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F55 #5582BC

analogous

#BC5B55 #BC8F55 #B6BC55

triadic

#BC8F55 #55BC8F #8F55BC

tetradic

#BC8F55 #55BC5B #5582BC #BC55B6

square

#BC8F55 #55BC5B #5582BC #BC55B6

split-complementary

#BC8F55 #55B6BC #5B55BC

monochromatic

#6C4F2B #98703C #BC8F55 #CDAC81 #DFC9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F55

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F55	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.093 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af86',
    500: '#bc8f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f55;
$custom-light: #d3af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.786,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F55

secondary

#A0B4CC

accent

#8CD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F55

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

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