#BC8340#BC8340

#BC8340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8340
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 15.26, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 46.66, 70.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0405 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.109 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7827, 27.2966, 8.5497)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8340 #4079BC

analogous

#BC4540 #BC8340 #B7BC40

triadic

#BC8340 #40BC83 #8340BC

tetradic

#BC8340 #40BC45 #4079BC #BC40B7

square

#BC8340 #40BC45 #4079BC #BC40B7

split-complementary

#BC8340 #40B7BC #4540BC

monochromatic

#614321 #8E6330 #BC8340 #CDA16C #DDBE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BC8340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8340

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8340	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a777',
    500: '#bc8340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8340;
$custom-light: #d4a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65431,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8340

secondary

#8FAAC9

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8340

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

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