#BC8848#BC8848

#BC8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8848
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 13.04, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 43.60, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0351 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.103 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7147, 28.7699, 10.0651)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8848 #487CBC

analogous

#BC4E48 #BC8848 #B6BC48

triadic

#BC8848 #48BC88 #8848BC

tetradic

#BC8848 #48BC4E #487CBC #BC48B6

square

#BC8848 #48BC4E #487CBC #BC48B6

split-complementary

#BC8848 #48B6BC #4E48BC

monochromatic

#654825 #926835 #BC8848 #CCA575 #DDC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8848

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8848	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)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7d',
    500: '#bc8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8848;
$custom-light: #d4aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66497,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8848

secondary

#96ADCA

accent

#8DD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8848

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

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