#BC8F57#BC8F57

#BC8F57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.091 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F57
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 10.37, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 37.61, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0292 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.091 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2834, 31.0265, 13.3033)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F57 #5784BC

analogous

#BC5D57 #BC8F57 #B7BC57

triadic

#BC8F57 #57BC8F #8F57BC

tetradic

#BC8F57 #57BC5D #5784BC #BC57B7

square

#BC8F57 #57BC5D #5784BC #BC57B7

split-complementary

#BC8F57 #57B7BC #5D57BC

monochromatic

#6D502C #99703D #BC8F57 #CDAC83 #DFC9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F57

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F57	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#9F9152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.091 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af87',
    500: '#bc8f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f57;
$custom-light: #d3af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.267,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68083,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F57

secondary

#A2B5CD

accent

#8DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F57

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

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