#BC8949#BC8949

#BC8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8949
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 12.56, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 43.26, 73.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0338 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.102 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8891, 29.0660, 10.2855)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8949 #497CBC

analogous

#BC4F49 #BC8949 #B6BC49

triadic

#BC8949 #49BC89 #8949BC

tetradic

#BC8949 #49BC4F #497CBC #BC49B6

square

#BC8949 #49BC4F #497CBC #BC49B6

split-complementary

#BC8949 #49B6BC #4F49BC

monochromatic

#654925 #926936 #BC8949 #CCA676 #DDC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8949

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8949	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)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7e',
    500: '#bc8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8949;
$custom-light: #d4ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66705,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8949

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8949

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

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