#BC8942#BC8942

#BC8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8942
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 12.07, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 46.41, 74.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0314 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.108 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.6700, 28.9784, 9.1312)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8942 #4275BC

analogous

#BC4C42 #BC8942 #B2BC42

triadic

#BC8942 #42BC89 #8942BC

tetradic

#BC8942 #42BC4C #4275BC #BC42B2

square

#BC8942 #42BC4C #4275BC #BC42B2

split-complementary

#BC8942 #42B2BC #4C42BC

monochromatic

#614722 #8F6832 #BC8942 #CCA56F #DCC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8942

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8942	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab79',
    500: '#bc8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8942;
$custom-light: #d4ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.918,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6662,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.28976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8942

secondary

#91A8C9

accent

#89D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8942

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

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