#BC8952#BC8952

#BC8952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.095 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8952
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 82)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 13.25, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 39.17, 70.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0371 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.095 67)
XYZ	xyz(31.2094, 29.1941, 11.9723)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8952 #5285BC

analogous

#BC5452 #BC8952 #BABC52

triadic

#BC8952 #52BC89 #8952BC

tetradic

#BC8952 #52BC54 #5285BC #BC52BA

square

#BC8952 #52BC54 #5285BC #BC52BA

split-complementary

#BC8952 #52BABC #5452BC

monochromatic

#6A4B29 #976A3A #BC8952 #CDA77E #DEC5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8952

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8952	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)

#9A8C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.095 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab84',
    500: '#bc8952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8952;
$custom-light: #d3ab84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.132,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66829,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.29192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8952

secondary

#9EB4CC

accent

#91D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8952

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

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