#BC8249#BC8249

#BC8249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8249
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 16.43, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 42.65, 67.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0453 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.103 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9262, 27.1401, 9.9645)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8249 #4983BC

analogous

#BC4949 #BC8249 #BCBB49

triadic

#BC8249 #49BC82 #8249BC

tetradic

#BC8249 #49BC49 #4983BC #BB49BC

square

#BC8249 #49BC49 #4983BC #BB49BC

split-complementary

#BC8249 #49BCBB #4949BC

monochromatic

#654525 #926336 #BC8249 #CCA176 #DDBFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BC8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8249

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8249	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a67d',
    500: '#bc8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8249;
$custom-light: #d4a67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65352,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8249

secondary

#97B1CA

accent

#94D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8249

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

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