#BC8442#BC8442

#BC8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8442
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 14.84, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 45.87, 71.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0396 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.108 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9756, 27.5897, 8.8998)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8442 #427ABC

analogous

#BC4742 #BC8442 #B7BC42

triadic

#BC8442 #42BC84 #8442BC

tetradic

#BC8442 #42BC47 #427ABC #BC42B7

square

#BC8442 #42BC47 #427ABC #BC42B7

split-complementary

#BC8442 #42B7BC #4742BC

monochromatic

#614422 #8F6432 #BC8442 #CCA16F #DCBF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BC8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8442

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8442	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a779',
    500: '#bc8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8442;
$custom-light: #d4a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.459,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65647,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8442

secondary

#91ABC9

accent

#8ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8442

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

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