#BC8049#BC8049

#BC8049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.103 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8049
RGB	rgb(188, 128, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 17.54, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 42.56, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0486 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.103 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6627, 26.6132, 9.8767)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8049 #4985BC

analogous

#BC494B #BC8049 #BCBA49

triadic

#BC8049 #49BC80 #8049BC

tetradic

#BC8049 #4BBC49 #4985BC #BA49BC

square

#BC8049 #4BBC49 #4985BC #BA49BC

split-complementary

#BC8049 #49BCBA #494BBC

monochromatic

#654425 #926236 #BC8049 #CC9F76 #DDBEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BC8049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#BC8049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8049

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8049	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 128, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.103 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a57d',
    500: '#bc8049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8049;
$custom-light: #d4a57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64972,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8049

secondary

#97B2CA

accent

#97D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8049

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

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