#BC8642#BC8642

#BC8642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.107 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8642
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 13.73, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 46.06, 72.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0363 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.107 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2494, 28.1373, 8.9911)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8642 #4278BC

analogous

#BC4942 #BC8642 #B5BC42

triadic

#BC8642 #42BC86 #8642BC

tetradic

#BC8642 #42BC49 #4278BC #BC42B5

square

#BC8642 #42BC49 #4278BC #BC42B5

split-complementary

#BC8642 #42B5BC #4942BC

monochromatic

#614522 #8F6632 #BC8642 #CCA36F #DCC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BC8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8642

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8642	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.107 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a979',
    500: '#bc8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8642;
$custom-light: #d4a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.443,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66034,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8642

secondary

#91AAC9

accent

#8CD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8642

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

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