#BC8543#BC8543

#BC8543 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8543
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 67)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 14.35, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 45.52, 71.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0383 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.107 69)
XYZ	xyz(30.1416, 27.8741, 9.1018)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8543 #437ABC

analogous

#BC4843 #BC8543 #B7BC43

triadic

#BC8543 #43BC85 #8543BC

tetradic

#BC8543 #43BC48 #437ABC #BC43B7

square

#BC8543 #43BC48 #437ABC #BC43B7

split-complementary

#BC8543 #43B7BC #4843BC

monochromatic

#624523 #8F6533 #BC8543 #CCA270 #DCC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC8543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8543

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8543	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#98883C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a879',
    500: '#bc8543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8543;
$custom-light: #d4a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65852,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.27872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8543

secondary

#92ABC9

accent

#8ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8543

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

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