#BC8248#BC8248

#BC8248 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.103 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8248
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 16.36, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 43.09, 67.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0449 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.103 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8933, 27.1269, 9.7913)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8248 #4882BC

analogous

#BC4848 #BC8248 #BCBC48

triadic

#BC8248 #48BC82 #8248BC

tetradic

#BC8248 #48BC48 #4882BC #BC48BC

square

#BC8248 #48BC48 #4882BC #BC48BC

split-complementary

#BC8248 #48BCBC #4848BC

monochromatic

#654525 #926335 #BC8248 #CCA175 #DDBFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC8248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC8248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8248

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8248	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.103 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a67d',
    500: '#bc8248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8248;
$custom-light: #d4a67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65339,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8248

secondary

#96B0CA

accent

#94D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8248

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

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