#BC8947#BC8947

#BC8947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8947
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 12.41, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 44.16, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0331 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.104 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8239, 29.0399, 9.9418)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8947 #477ABC

analogous

#BC4E47 #BC8947 #B5BC47

triadic

#BC8947 #47BC89 #8947BC

tetradic

#BC8947 #47BC4E #477ABC #BC47B5

square

#BC8947 #47BC4E #477ABC #BC47B5

split-complementary

#BC8947 #47B5BC #4E47BC

monochromatic

#644824 #916935 #BC8947 #CCA674 #DDC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8947

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8947	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9B8C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7c',
    500: '#bc8947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8947;
$custom-light: #d4ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6668,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8947

secondary

#95ACC9

accent

#8BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8947

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

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