#BC8951#BC8951

#BC8951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8951
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 13.17, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 39.63, 70.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0367 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.096 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1716, 29.1790, 11.7733)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8951 #5184BC

analogous

#BC5451 #BC8951 #B9BC51

triadic

#BC8951 #51BC89 #8951BC

tetradic

#BC8951 #51BC54 #5184BC #BC51B9

square

#BC8951 #51BC54 #5184BC #BC51B9

split-complementary

#BC8951 #51B9BC #5451BC

monochromatic

#6A4B29 #966A3A #BC8951 #CDA77D #DEC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8951

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8951	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab83',
    500: '#bc8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8951;
$custom-light: #d3ab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8951

secondary

#9DB3CC

accent

#91D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8951

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

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