#BC8950#BC8950

#BC8950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.097 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8950
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 13.09, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 40.08, 70.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0364 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.097 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1344, 29.1641, 11.5773)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8950 #5083BC

analogous

#BC5350 #BC8950 #B9BC50

triadic

#BC8950 #50BC89 #8950BC

tetradic

#BC8950 #50BC53 #5083BC #BC50B9

square

#BC8950 #50BC53 #5083BC #BC50B9

split-complementary

#BC8950 #50B9BC #5350BC

monochromatic

#694B28 #966A39 #BC8950 #CDA77C #DEC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BC8950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8950

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8950	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.097 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab82',
    500: '#bc8950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8950;
$custom-light: #d3ab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8950

secondary

#9CB3CB

accent

#90D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8950

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

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