#BC8741#BC8741

#BC8741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.108 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8741
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 13.12, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 46.61, 73.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0343 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.108 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3591, 28.4033, 8.8834)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8741 #4176BC

analogous

#BC4941 #BC8741 #B4BC41

triadic

#BC8741 #41BC87 #8741BC

tetradic

#BC8741 #41BC49 #4176BC #BC41B4

square

#BC8741 #41BC49 #4176BC #BC41B4

split-complementary

#BC8741 #41B4BC #4941BC

monochromatic

#614622 #8F6631 #BC8741 #CDA46E #DCC09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8741

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8741	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.108 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a978',
    500: '#bc8741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8741;
$custom-light: #d4a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.146,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8741

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8AD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8741

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

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