#BC8748#BC8748

#BC8748 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.103 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8748
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 13.59, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 43.49, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0367 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.103 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5746, 28.4895, 10.0184)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8748 #487DBC

analogous

#BC4D48 #BC8748 #B7BC48

triadic

#BC8748 #48BC87 #8748BC

tetradic

#BC8748 #48BC4D #487DBC #BC48B7

square

#BC8748 #48BC4D #487DBC #BC48B7

split-complementary

#BC8748 #48B7BC #4D48BC

monochromatic

#654825 #926735 #BC8748 #CCA475 #DDC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8748

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8748	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.103 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7d',
    500: '#bc8748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8748;
$custom-light: #d4aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66302,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8748

secondary

#96AECA

accent

#8ED652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8748

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

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