#BC8840#BC8840

#BC8840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.109 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8840
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 12.50, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 47.17, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0324 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.109 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4705, 28.6722, 8.7790)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8840 #4074BC

analogous

#BC4A40 #BC8840 #B2BC40

triadic

#BC8840 #40BC88 #8840BC

tetradic

#BC8840 #40BC4A #4074BC #BC40B2

square

#BC8840 #40BC4A #4074BC #BC40B2

split-complementary

#BC8840 #40B2BC #4A40BC

monochromatic

#614621 #8E6730 #BC8840 #CDA46C #DDC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BC8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8840

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8840	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.109 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa78',
    500: '#bc8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8840;
$custom-light: #d4aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66401,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8840

secondary

#8FA7C9

accent

#89D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8840

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

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