#BC8544#BC8544

#BC8544 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.106 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8544
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 14.42, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 45.08, 71.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0386 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.106 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1719, 27.8862, 9.2612)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8544 #447BBC

analogous

#BC4944 #BC8544 #B7BC44

triadic

#BC8544 #44BC85 #8544BC

tetradic

#BC8544 #44BC49 #447BBC #BC44B7

square

#BC8544 #44BC49 #447BBC #BC44B7

split-complementary

#BC8544 #44B7BC #4944BC

monochromatic

#624523 #8F6533 #BC8544 #CCA271 #DCC09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC8544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8544

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8544	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.106 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a87a',
    500: '#bc8544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8544;
$custom-light: #d4a87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65864,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8544

secondary

#93ACC9

accent

#8ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8544

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

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