#BC8449#BC8449

#BC8449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8449
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 15.32, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 42.78, 69.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.042 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.102 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1948, 27.6773, 10.0540)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8449 #4981BC

analogous

#BC4A49 #BC8449 #BABC49

triadic

#BC8449 #49BC84 #8449BC

tetradic

#BC8449 #49BC4A #4981BC #BC49BA

square

#BC8449 #49BC4A #4981BC #BC49BA

split-complementary

#BC8449 #49BABC #4A49BC

monochromatic

#654625 #926536 #BC8449 #CCA276 #DDC0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC8449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8449

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8449	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a77d',
    500: '#bc8449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8449;
$custom-light: #d4a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65735,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8449

secondary

#97B0CA

accent

#92D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8449

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

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