#BC8943#BC8943

#BC8943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8943
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 12.14, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 45.96, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0317 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.107 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6997, 28.9903, 9.2879)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8943 #4376BC

analogous

#BC4D43 #BC8943 #B2BC43

triadic

#BC8943 #43BC89 #8943BC

tetradic

#BC8943 #43BC4D #4376BC #BC43B2

square

#BC8943 #43BC4D #4376BC #BC43B2

split-complementary

#BC8943 #43B2BC #4D43BC

monochromatic

#624723 #8F6833 #BC8943 #CCA570 #DCC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8943

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8943	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)

#9B8B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7a',
    500: '#bc8943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8943;
$custom-light: #d4ab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.711,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66631,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8943

secondary

#92A9C9

accent

#89D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8943

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

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