#BC8A3D#BC8A3D

#BC8A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 11.21, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 48.74, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0282 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.111 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6718, 29.2076, 8.4362)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A3D #3D6FBC

analogous

#BC4B3D #BC8A3D #AFBC3D

triadic

#BC8A3D #3DBC8A #8A3DBC

tetradic

#BC8A3D #3DBC4B #3D6FBC #BC3DAF

square

#BC8A3D #3DBC4B #3D6FBC #BC3DAF

split-complementary

#BC8A3D #3DAFBC #4B3DBC

monochromatic

#60461F #8E682E #BC8A3D #CEA668 #DDC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3D

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3D	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)

#9C8C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac76',
    500: '#bc8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3d;
$custom-light: #d4ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.378,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66762,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3D

secondary

#8CA4C9

accent

#85DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3D

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

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