#BC8243#BC8243

#BC8243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8243
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 67)
HSL	hsl(31, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 16.01, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 45.28, 69.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0432 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.107 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7367, 27.0643, 8.9669)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8243 #437DBC

analogous

#BC4643 #BC8243 #B9BC43

triadic

#BC8243 #43BC82 #8243BC

tetradic

#BC8243 #43BC46 #437DBC #BC43B9

square

#BC8243 #43BC46 #437DBC #BC43B9

split-complementary

#BC8243 #43B9BC #4643BC

monochromatic

#624423 #8F6333 #BC8243 #CCA070 #DCBE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC8243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BC8243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8243

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8243	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#95863D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a679',
    500: '#bc8243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8243;
$custom-light: #d4a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.24,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8243

secondary

#92ACC9

accent

#91D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8243

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

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