#BC8541#BC8541

#BC8541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.108 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8541
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 14.22, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 46.40, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0376 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.108 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0826, 27.8505, 8.7913)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8541 #4178BC

analogous

#BC4841 #BC8541 #B6BC41

triadic

#BC8541 #41BC85 #8541BC

tetradic

#BC8541 #41BC48 #4178BC #BC41B6

square

#BC8541 #41BC48 #4178BC #BC41B6

split-complementary

#BC8541 #41B6BC #4841BC

monochromatic

#614522 #8F6531 #BC8541 #CDA26E #DCBF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8541

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8541	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)

#98883A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.108 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a878',
    500: '#bc8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8541;
$custom-light: #d4a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65829,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8541

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8541

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

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