#BC8649#BC8649

#BC8649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.102 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8649
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 14.22, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 42.94, 70.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0387 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.102 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4686, 28.2250, 10.1453)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8649 #497FBC

analogous

#BC4C49 #BC8649 #B8BC49

triadic

#BC8649 #49BC86 #8649BC

tetradic

#BC8649 #49BC4C #497FBC #BC49B8

square

#BC8649 #49BC4C #497FBC #BC49B8

split-complementary

#BC8649 #49B8BC #4C49BC

monochromatic

#654725 #926736 #BC8649 #CCA476 #DDC1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC8649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8649

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8649	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.102 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a97d',
    500: '#bc8649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8649;
$custom-light: #d4a97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.826,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66121,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8649

secondary

#97AFCA

accent

#90D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8649

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

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