#BC8142#BC8142

#BC8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8142
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 16.50, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 45.65, 68.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0445 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.108 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5746, 26.7877, 8.7661)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8142 #427DBC

analogous

#BC4442 #BC8142 #BABC42

triadic

#BC8142 #42BC81 #8142BC

tetradic

#BC8142 #42BC44 #427DBC #BC42BA

square

#BC8142 #42BC44 #427DBC #BC42BA

split-complementary

#BC8142 #42BABC #4442BC

monochromatic

#614322 #8F6232 #BC8142 #CC9F6F #DCBD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BC8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8142

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8142	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a579',
    500: '#bc8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8142;
$custom-light: #d4a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.984,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8142

secondary

#91ACC9

accent

#92D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8142

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

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