#BC8150#BC8150

#BC8150 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.098 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8150
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 17.52, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 39.57, 63.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0495 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.098 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0391, 26.9735, 11.2122)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8150 #508BBC

analogous

#BC5055 #BC8150 #BCB750

triadic

#BC8150 #50BC81 #8150BC

tetradic

#BC8150 #55BC50 #508BBC #B750BC

square

#BC8150 #55BC50 #508BBC #B750BC

split-complementary

#BC8150 #50BCB7 #5055BC

monochromatic

#694628 #966339 #BC8150 #CDA17C #DEC1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC8150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BC8150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8150

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8150	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.098 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a582',
    500: '#bc8150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8150;
$custom-light: #d3a582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8150

secondary

#9CB6CB

accent

#9AD453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8150

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

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