#BC8948#BC8948

#BC8948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.103 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8948
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 12.48, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 43.71, 73.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0335 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.103 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8562, 29.0529, 10.1122)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8948 #487BBC

analogous

#BC4F48 #BC8948 #B5BC48

triadic

#BC8948 #48BC89 #8948BC

tetradic

#BC8948 #48BC4F #487BBC #BC48B5

square

#BC8948 #48BC4F #487BBC #BC48B5

split-complementary

#BC8948 #48B5BC #4F48BC

monochromatic

#654925 #926935 #BC8948 #CCA675 #DDC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8948

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8948	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)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.103 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7d',
    500: '#bc8948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8948;
$custom-light: #d4ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8948

secondary

#96ADCA

accent

#8CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8948

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

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