#BC8240#BC8240

#BC8240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8240
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 15.82, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 46.59, 70.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0422 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.109 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6491, 27.0293, 8.5051)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8240 #407ABC

analogous

#BC4440 #BC8240 #B8BC40

triadic

#BC8240 #40BC82 #8240BC

tetradic

#BC8240 #40BC44 #407ABC #BC40B8

square

#BC8240 #40BC44 #407ABC #BC40B8

split-complementary

#BC8240 #40B8BC #4440BC

monochromatic

#614321 #8E6230 #BC8240 #CDA06C #DDBD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BC8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8240

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8240	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a677',
    500: '#bc8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8240;
$custom-light: #d4a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.935,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6524,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8240

secondary

#8FAAC9

accent

#8FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8240

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

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