#BC8540#BC8540

#BC8540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.109 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8540
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 14.16, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 46.84, 72.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0373 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.109 70)
XYZ	xyz(30.0539, 27.8390, 8.6401)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8540 #4077BC

analogous

#BC4740 #BC8540 #B5BC40

triadic

#BC8540 #40BC85 #8540BC

tetradic

#BC8540 #40BC47 #4077BC #BC40B5

square

#BC8540 #40BC47 #4077BC #BC40B5

split-complementary

#BC8540 #40B5BC #4740BC

monochromatic

#614421 #8E6530 #BC8540 #CDA26C #DDBF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8540

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8540	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.109 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a877',
    500: '#bc8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8540;
$custom-light: #d4a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.387,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65817,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.27837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8540

secondary

#8FA9C9

accent

#8CD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8540

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

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