#BC8351#BC8351

#BC8351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8351
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 16.49, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 39.20, 65.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0466 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.097 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3423, 27.5204, 11.4969)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8351 #518ABC

analogous

#BC5155 #BC8351 #BCB851

triadic

#BC8351 #51BC83 #8351BC

tetradic

#BC8351 #55BC51 #518ABC #B851BC

square

#BC8351 #55BC51 #518ABC #B851BC

split-complementary

#BC8351 #51BCB8 #5155BC

monochromatic

#6A4729 #96653A #BC8351 #CDA27D #DEC2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC8351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8351

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8351	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95874D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a783',
    500: '#bc8351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8351;
$custom-light: #d3a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.037,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8351

secondary

#9DB6CC

accent

#98D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8351

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

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