#BC8842#BC8842

#BC8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8842
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 12.63, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 46.28, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.033 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.108 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5285, 28.6954, 9.0841)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8842 #4276BC

analogous

#BC4B42 #BC8842 #B3BC42

triadic

#BC8842 #42BC88 #8842BC

tetradic

#BC8842 #42BC4B #4276BC #BC42B3

square

#BC8842 #42BC4B #4276BC #BC42B3

split-complementary

#BC8842 #42B3BC #4B42BC

monochromatic

#614622 #8F6732 #BC8842 #CCA56F #DCC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8842

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8842	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)

#9A8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa79',
    500: '#bc8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8842;
$custom-light: #d4aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66424,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8842

secondary

#91A9C9

accent

#8AD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8842

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

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