#BC8250#BC8250

#BC8250 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.098 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8250
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 80)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 16.97, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 39.60, 64.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0479 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.098 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1714, 27.2382, 11.2563)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8250 #508ABC

analogous

#BC5054 #BC8250 #BCB850

triadic

#BC8250 #50BC82 #8250BC

tetradic

#BC8250 #54BC50 #508ABC #B850BC

square

#BC8250 #54BC50 #508ABC #B850BC

split-complementary

#BC8250 #50BCB8 #5054BC

monochromatic

#694628 #966439 #BC8250 #CDA27C #DEC1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BC8250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8250

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8250	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94874C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.098 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a682',
    500: '#bc8250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8250;
$custom-light: #d3a682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65452,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8250

secondary

#9CB6CB

accent

#99D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8250

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

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