#BC8946#BC8946

#BC8946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8946
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 12.34, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 44.61, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0328 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.105 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7920, 29.0272, 9.7742)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8946 #4679BC

analogous

#BC4E46 #BC8946 #B4BC46

triadic

#BC8946 #46BC89 #8946BC

tetradic

#BC8946 #46BC4E #4679BC #BC46B4

square

#BC8946 #46BC4E #4679BC #BC46B4

split-complementary

#BC8946 #46B4BC #4E46BC

monochromatic

#644824 #906934 #BC8946 #CCA673 #DDC2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8946

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8946	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7c',
    500: '#bc8946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8946;
$custom-light: #d4ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.068,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66667,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8946

secondary

#95ABC9

accent

#8BD651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8946

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

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