#BC8545#BC8545

#BC8545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8545
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 69)
HSL	hsl(32, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 14.49, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 44.63, 71.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0389 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.105 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2026, 27.8985, 9.4233)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8545 #457CBC

analogous

#BC4945 #BC8545 #B8BC45

triadic

#BC8545 #45BC85 #8545BC

tetradic

#BC8545 #45BC49 #457CBC #BC45B8

square

#BC8545 #45BC49 #457CBC #BC45B8

split-complementary

#BC8545 #45B8BC #4945BC

monochromatic

#634624 #906534 #BC8545 #CCA372 #DCC09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC8545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8545

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8545	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)

#97883F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a87b',
    500: '#bc8545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8545;
$custom-light: #d4a87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.269,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8545

secondary

#94ACC9

accent

#8FD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8545

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

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