#BC8548#BC8548

#BC8548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8548
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 14.70, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 43.30, 70.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.04 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.103 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2981, 27.9367, 9.9262)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8548 #487FBC

analogous

#BC4B48 #BC8548 #B9BC48

triadic

#BC8548 #48BC85 #8548BC

tetradic

#BC8548 #48BC4B #487FBC #BC48B9

square

#BC8548 #48BC4B #487FBC #BC48B9

split-complementary

#BC8548 #48B9BC #4B48BC

monochromatic

#654625 #926635 #BC8548 #CCA375 #DDC1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC8548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8548

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8548	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a87d',
    500: '#bc8548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8548;
$custom-light: #d4a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65915,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8548

secondary

#96AFCA

accent

#90D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8548

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

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