#BC8040#BC8040

#BC8040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8040
RGB	rgb(188, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 16.92, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 46.46, 68.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0454 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.109 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3856, 26.5024, 8.4173)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8040 #407CBC

analogous

#BC4240 #BC8040 #BABC40

triadic

#BC8040 #40BC80 #8040BC

tetradic

#BC8040 #40BC42 #407CBC #BC40BA

square

#BC8040 #40BC42 #407CBC #BC40BA

split-complementary

#BC8040 #40BABC #4240BC

monochromatic

#614221 #8E6130 #BC8040 #CD9E6C #DDBC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BC8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#BC8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8040

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8040	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a577',
    500: '#bc8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8040;
$custom-light: #d4a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8040

secondary

#8FABC9

accent

#92D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8040

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

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