#BC8F73#BC8F73

#BC8F73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.068 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F73
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 115)
HSL	hsl(23, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 13.26, 21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 25.25, 58.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0405 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.068 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6571, 31.5760, 20.5383)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F73 #73A0BC

analogous

#BC737C #BC8F73 #BCB473

triadic

#BC8F73 #73BC8F #8F73BC

tetradic

#BC8F73 #7CBC73 #73A0BC #B473BC

square

#BC8F73 #7CBC73 #73A0BC #B473BC

split-complementary

#BC8F73 #73BCB4 #737CBC

monochromatic

#7A533A #A46F4E #BC8F73 #D0B09C #E4D1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC8F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BC8F73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F73

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F73	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.068 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af9b',
    500: '#bc8f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f73;
$custom-light: #d2af9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.014,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68593,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F73

secondary

#B7C9D4

accent

#A1CB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F73

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

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