#BC8A3C#BC8A3C

#BC8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.112 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3C
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 11.15, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 49.18, 76.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0278 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.112 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6451, 29.1969, 8.2956)
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

#BC8A3C #3C6EBC

analogous

#BC4A3C #BC8A3C #AEBC3C

triadic

#BC8A3C #3CBC8A #8A3CBC

tetradic

#BC8A3C #3CBC4A #3C6EBC #BC3CAE

square

#BC8A3C #3CBC4A #3C6EBC #BC3CAE

split-complementary

#BC8A3C #3CAEBC #4A3CBC

monochromatic

#5F461E #8E682D #BC8A3C #CEA667 #DDC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3C

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3C	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)

#9D8C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.112 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac75',
    500: '#bc8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3c;
$custom-light: #d4ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.563,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66751,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3C

secondary

#8BA3C9

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3C

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

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