#BC8941#BC8941

#BC8941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8941
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 12.01, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 46.85, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0311 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.108 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6407, 28.9667, 8.9773)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8941 #4174BC

analogous

#BC4B41 #BC8941 #B2BC41

triadic

#BC8941 #41BC89 #8941BC

tetradic

#BC8941 #41BC4B #4174BC #BC41B2

square

#BC8941 #41BC4B #4174BC #BC41B2

split-complementary

#BC8941 #41B2BC #4B41BC

monochromatic

#614722 #8F6831 #BC8941 #CDA56E #DCC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8941

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8941	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)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab78',
    500: '#bc8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8941;
$custom-light: #d4ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8941

secondary

#90A8C9

accent

#88D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8941

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

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