#BC8F59#BC8F59

#BC8F59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.090 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F59
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 10.55, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 36.68, 73.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.03 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.09 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3662, 31.0597, 13.7396)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F59 #5986BC

analogous

#BC5E59 #BC8F59 #B8BC59

triadic

#BC8F59 #59BC8F #8F59BC

tetradic

#BC8F59 #59BC5E #5986BC #BC59B8

square

#BC8F59 #59BC5E #5986BC #BC59B8

split-complementary

#BC8F59 #59B8BC #5E59BC

monochromatic

#6E502C #9A703E #BC8F59 #CEAC85 #DFCAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BC8F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F59

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F59	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.090 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af89',
    500: '#bc8f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f59;
$custom-light: #d3af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68114,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F59

secondary

#A3B6CD

accent

#8ED256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F59

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

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