#BC8944#BC8944

#BC8944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8944
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 12.21, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 45.51, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0321 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.106 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7300, 29.0024, 9.4472)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8944 #4477BC

analogous

#BC4D44 #BC8944 #B3BC44

triadic

#BC8944 #44BC89 #8944BC

tetradic

#BC8944 #44BC4D #4477BC #BC44B3

square

#BC8944 #44BC4D #4477BC #BC44B3

split-complementary

#BC8944 #44B3BC #4D44BC

monochromatic

#624823 #8F6833 #BC8944 #CCA571 #DCC29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8944

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8944	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)

#9B8B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7a',
    500: '#bc8944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8944;
$custom-light: #d4ab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66643,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8944

secondary

#93AAC9

accent

#8AD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8944

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

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