#BC8749#BC8749

#BC8749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.102 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8749
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 13.66, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 43.04, 71.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0371 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.102 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6074, 28.5027, 10.1916)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8749 #497EBC

analogous

#BC4D49 #BC8749 #B7BC49

triadic

#BC8749 #49BC87 #8749BC

tetradic

#BC8749 #49BC4D #497EBC #BC49B7

square

#BC8749 #49BC4D #497EBC #BC49B7

split-complementary

#BC8749 #49B7BC #4D49BC

monochromatic

#654825 #926836 #BC8749 #CCA476 #DDC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8749

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8749	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.102 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7d',
    500: '#bc8749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8749;
$custom-light: #d4aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66315,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8749

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8FD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8749

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

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