#BC8F79#BC8F79

#BC8F79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.063 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F79
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(20, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 13.99, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 23.04, 52.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.043 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.063 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0137, 31.7186, 22.4162)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F79 #79A6BC

analogous

#BC7985 #BC8F79 #BCB079

triadic

#BC8F79 #79BC8F #8F79BC

tetradic

#BC8F79 #85BC79 #79A6BC #B079BC

square

#BC8F79 #85BC79 #79A6BC #B079BC

split-complementary

#BC8F79 #79BCB0 #7985BC

monochromatic

#7C533E #A56E53 #BC8F79 #D0B1A2 #E5D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BC8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F79

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F79	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.063 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1af9f',
    500: '#bc8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f79;
$custom-light: #d1af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.701,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.0633,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F79

secondary

#BCCDD5

accent

#86AC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F79

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

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