#BC8140#BC8140

#BC8140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8140
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 16.37, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 46.52, 69.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0438 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.109 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5167, 26.7645, 8.4610)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8140 #407BBC

analogous

#BC4340 #BC8140 #B9BC40

triadic

#BC8140 #40BC81 #8140BC

tetradic

#BC8140 #40BC43 #407BBC #BC40B9

square

#BC8140 #40BC43 #407BBC #BC40B9

split-complementary

#BC8140 #40B9BC #4340BC

monochromatic

#614221 #8E6230 #BC8140 #CD9F6C #DDBD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BC8140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BC8140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8140

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8140	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a577',
    500: '#bc8140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8140;
$custom-light: #d4a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8140

secondary

#8FABC9

accent

#91D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8140

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

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