#BC8542#BC8542

#BC8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.107 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8542
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 14.29, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 45.96, 71.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0379 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.107 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1119, 27.8622, 8.9452)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8542 #4279BC

analogous

#BC4842 #BC8542 #B6BC42

triadic

#BC8542 #42BC85 #8542BC

tetradic

#BC8542 #42BC48 #4279BC #BC42B6

square

#BC8542 #42BC48 #4279BC #BC42B6

split-complementary

#BC8542 #42B6BC #4842BC

monochromatic

#614522 #8F6532 #BC8542 #CCA26F #DCBF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8542

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8542	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)

#98883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.107 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a879',
    500: '#bc8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8542;
$custom-light: #d4a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.951,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8542

secondary

#91AAC9

accent

#8DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8542

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

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