#BC8450#BC8450

#BC8450 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.097 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8450
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 15.86, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 39.68, 66.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0446 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.097 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4401, 27.7754, 11.3458)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8450 #5088BC

analogous

#BC5052 #BC8450 #BCBA50

triadic

#BC8450 #50BC84 #8450BC

tetradic

#BC8450 #52BC50 #5088BC #BA50BC

square

#BC8450 #52BC50 #5088BC #BA50BC

split-complementary

#BC8450 #50BCBA #5052BC

monochromatic

#694828 #966639 #BC8450 #CDA37C #DEC2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8450

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8450	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.097 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a782',
    500: '#bc8450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8450;
$custom-light: #d3a782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65834,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8450

secondary

#9CB5CB

accent

#96D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8450

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

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