#BC8F56#BC8F56

#BC8F56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.092 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F56
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 10.28, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 38.08, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0288 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.092 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2428, 31.0103, 13.0896)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F56 #5683BC

analogous

#BC5C56 #BC8F56 #B6BC56

triadic

#BC8F56 #56BC8F #8F56BC

tetradic

#BC8F56 #56BC5C #5683BC #BC56B6

square

#BC8F56 #56BC5C #5683BC #BC56B6

split-complementary

#BC8F56 #56B6BC #5C56BC

monochromatic

#6D502B #98703C #BC8F56 #CDAC82 #DFC9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F56

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F56	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)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.092 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af87',
    500: '#bc8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f56;
$custom-light: #d3af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68068,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F56

secondary

#A1B4CD

accent

#8CD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F56

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

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