#BC8549#BC8549

#BC8549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8549
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 14.77, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 42.86, 69.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0403 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.102 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3310, 27.9498, 10.0994)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8549 #4980BC

analogous

#BC4B49 #BC8549 #BABC49

triadic

#BC8549 #49BC85 #8549BC

tetradic

#BC8549 #49BC4B #4980BC #BC49BA

square

#BC8549 #49BC4B #4980BC #BC49BA

split-complementary

#BC8549 #49BABC #4B49BC

monochromatic

#654725 #926636 #BC8549 #CCA376 #DDC1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8549

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8549	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)

#978943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a87d',
    500: '#bc8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8549;
$custom-light: #d4a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65928,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8549

secondary

#97AFCA

accent

#91D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8549

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

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