#BC8650#BC8650

#BC8650 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.097 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8650
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 80)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 14.75, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 39.81, 68.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0413 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.097 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7139, 28.3231, 11.4371)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8650 #5086BC

analogous

#BC5050 #BC8650 #BCBC50

triadic

#BC8650 #50BC86 #8650BC

tetradic

#BC8650 #50BC50 #5086BC #BC50BC

square

#BC8650 #50BC50 #5086BC #BC50BC

split-complementary

#BC8650 #50BCBC #5050BC

monochromatic

#694928 #966739 #BC8650 #CDA57C #DEC3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC8650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8650

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8650	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.097 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a982',
    500: '#bc8650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8650;
$custom-light: #d3a982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66218,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8650

secondary

#9CB4CB

accent

#94D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8650

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

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