#BC8844#BC8844

#BC8844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8844
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 12.76, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 45.39, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0337 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.106 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5885, 28.7194, 9.4001)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8844 #4478BC

analogous

#BC4C44 #BC8844 #B4BC44

triadic

#BC8844 #44BC88 #8844BC

tetradic

#BC8844 #44BC4C #4478BC #BC44B4

square

#BC8844 #44BC4C #4478BC #BC44B4

split-complementary

#BC8844 #44B4BC #4C44BC

monochromatic

#624723 #8F6833 #BC8844 #CCA571 #DCC19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8844

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8844	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9A8B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7a',
    500: '#bc8844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8844;
$custom-light: #d4aa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66447,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8844

secondary

#93AAC9

accent

#8BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8844

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

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