#BC8451#BC8451

#BC8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.096 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8451
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 15.94, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 39.24, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.045 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.096 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4773, 27.7903, 11.5419)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8451 #5189BC

analogous

#BC5154 #BC8451 #BCB951

triadic

#BC8451 #51BC84 #8451BC

tetradic

#BC8451 #54BC51 #5189BC #B951BC

square

#BC8451 #54BC51 #5189BC #B951BC

split-complementary

#BC8451 #51BCB9 #5154BC

monochromatic

#6A4829 #96663A #BC8451 #CDA37D #DEC2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BC8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8451

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8451	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.096 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a783',
    500: '#bc8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8451;
$custom-light: #d3a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.598,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65848,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8451

secondary

#9DB5CC

accent

#97D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8451

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

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