#BC8042#BC8042

#BC8042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8042
RGB	rgb(188, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 17.05, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 45.60, 68.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0461 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.108 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4436, 26.5256, 8.7224)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8042 #427EBC

analogous

#BC4342 #BC8042 #BBBC42

triadic

#BC8042 #42BC80 #8042BC

tetradic

#BC8042 #42BC43 #427EBC #BC42BB

square

#BC8042 #42BC43 #427EBC #BC42BB

split-complementary

#BC8042 #42BBBC #4342BC

monochromatic

#614222 #8F6132 #BC8042 #CC9E6F #DCBD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BC8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#BC8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8042

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8042	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)

#93853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a578',
    500: '#bc8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8042;
$custom-light: #d4a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.492,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64882,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8042

secondary

#91ACC9

accent

#93D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8042

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

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