#BC8940#BC8940

#BC8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8940
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 11.95, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 47.29, 75.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0307 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.109 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6120, 28.9552, 8.8261)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8940 #4073BC

analogous

#BC4B40 #BC8940 #B1BC40

triadic

#BC8940 #40BC89 #8940BC

tetradic

#BC8940 #40BC4B #4073BC #BC40B1

square

#BC8940 #40BC4B #4073BC #BC40B1

split-complementary

#BC8940 #40B1BC #4B40BC

monochromatic

#614621 #8E6830 #BC8940 #CDA56C #DDC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8940

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8940	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab78',
    500: '#bc8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8940;
$custom-light: #d4ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66597,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8940

secondary

#8FA7C9

accent

#88D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8940

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

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