#BC8743#BC8743

#BC8743 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.107 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8743
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 13.25, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 45.72, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.035 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.107 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4180, 28.4269, 9.1940)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8743 #4378BC

analogous

#BC4A43 #BC8743 #B5BC43

triadic

#BC8743 #43BC87 #8743BC

tetradic

#BC8743 #43BC4A #4378BC #BC43B5

square

#BC8743 #43BC4A #4378BC #BC43B5

split-complementary

#BC8743 #43B5BC #4A43BC

monochromatic

#624623 #8F6733 #BC8743 #CCA470 #DCC19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8743 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8743

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8743	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.107 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a979',
    500: '#bc8743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8743;
$custom-light: #d4a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.719,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66241,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8743

secondary

#92AAC9

accent

#8CD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8743

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

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