#BC8849#BC8849

#BC8849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8849
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 13.11, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 43.14, 72.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0354 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.102 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7476, 28.7830, 10.2383)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8849 #497DBC

analogous

#BC4E49 #BC8849 #B6BC49

triadic

#BC8849 #49BC88 #8849BC

tetradic

#BC8849 #49BC4E #497DBC #BC49B6

square

#BC8849 #49BC4E #497DBC #BC49B6

split-complementary

#BC8849 #49B6BC #4E49BC

monochromatic

#654825 #926836 #BC8849 #CCA576 #DDC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8849

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8849	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7e',
    500: '#bc8849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8849;
$custom-light: #d4aa7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6651,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8849

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8ED652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8849

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

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