#BC8845#BC8845

#BC8845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.105 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8845
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 12.83, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 44.94, 73.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.034 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.105 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6193, 28.7317, 9.5622)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8845 #4579BC

analogous

#BC4C45 #BC8845 #B4BC45

triadic

#BC8845 #45BC88 #8845BC

tetradic

#BC8845 #45BC4C #4579BC #BC45B4

square

#BC8845 #45BC4C #4579BC #BC45B4

split-complementary

#BC8845 #45B4BC #4C45BC

monochromatic

#634724 #906834 #BC8845 #CCA572 #DCC29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8845

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8845	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.105 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7b',
    500: '#bc8845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8845;
$custom-light: #d4aa7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.782,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66459,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8845

secondary

#94ABC9

accent

#8BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8845

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

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