#BC8440#BC8440

#BC8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8440
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 14.71, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 46.75, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0389 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.109 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9177, 27.5665, 8.5947)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8440 #4078BC

analogous

#BC4640 #BC8440 #B6BC40

triadic

#BC8440 #40BC84 #8440BC

tetradic

#BC8440 #40BC46 #4078BC #BC40B6

square

#BC8440 #40BC46 #4078BC #BC40B6

split-complementary

#BC8440 #40B6BC #4640BC

monochromatic

#614421 #8E6430 #BC8440 #CDA16C #DDBE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8440

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8440	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a777',
    500: '#bc8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8440;
$custom-light: #d4a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65624,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8440

secondary

#8FA9C9

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8440

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

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