#BC8149#BC8149

#BC8149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8149
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 16.98, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 42.60, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0469 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.103 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7938, 26.8754, 9.9203)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8149 #4984BC

analogous

#BC494A #BC8149 #BCBA49

triadic

#BC8149 #49BC81 #8149BC

tetradic

#BC8149 #4ABC49 #4984BC #BA49BC

square

#BC8149 #4ABC49 #4984BC #BA49BC

split-complementary

#BC8149 #49BCBA #494ABC

monochromatic

#654425 #926336 #BC8149 #CCA076 #DDBFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC8149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8149

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8149	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#948644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a57d',
    500: '#bc8149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8149;
$custom-light: #d4a57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65162,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8149

secondary

#97B1CA

accent

#96D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8149

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

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