#BC8147#BC8147

#BC8147 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.104 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8147
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 71)
HSL	hsl(30, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 16.84, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 43.48, 67.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0462 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.104 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7285, 26.8493, 9.5767)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8147 #4782BC

analogous

#BC4747 #BC8147 #BCBC47

triadic

#BC8147 #47BC81 #8147BC

tetradic

#BC8147 #47BC47 #4782BC #BC47BC

square

#BC8147 #47BC47 #4782BC #BC47BC

split-complementary

#BC8147 #47BCBC #4747BC

monochromatic

#644424 #916335 #BC8147 #CCA074 #DDBEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC8147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC8147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8147

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8147	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.104 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a57c',
    500: '#bc8147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8147;
$custom-light: #d4a57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.744,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65135,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8147

secondary

#95B0C9

accent

#94D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8147

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

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