#BC8841#BC8841

#BC8841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8841
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 12.56, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 46.72, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0327 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.108 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4992, 28.6837, 8.9302)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8841 #4175BC

analogous

#BC4A41 #BC8841 #B3BC41

triadic

#BC8841 #41BC88 #8841BC

tetradic

#BC8841 #41BC4A #4175BC #BC41B3

square

#BC8841 #41BC4A #4175BC #BC41B3

split-complementary

#BC8841 #41B3BC #4A41BC

monochromatic

#614622 #8F6731 #BC8841 #CDA46E #DCC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8841

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8841	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa78',
    500: '#bc8841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8841;
$custom-light: #d4aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66412,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8841

secondary

#90A8C9

accent

#89D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8841

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

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