#BC8640#BC8640

#BC8640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8640
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 13.60, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 46.94, 73.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0356 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.109 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1915, 28.1141, 8.6859)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8640 #4076BC

analogous

#BC4840 #BC8640 #B4BC40

triadic

#BC8640 #40BC86 #8640BC

tetradic

#BC8640 #40BC48 #4076BC #BC40B4

square

#BC8640 #40BC48 #4076BC #BC40B4

split-complementary

#BC8640 #40B4BC #4840BC

monochromatic

#614521 #8E6530 #BC8640 #CDA36C #DDC09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8640

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8640	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a977',
    500: '#bc8640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8640;
$custom-light: #d4a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66011,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8640

secondary

#8FA8C9

accent

#8BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8640

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

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