#BC8A3E#BC8A3E

#BC8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 11.27, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 48.30, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0285 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.111 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6989, 29.2185, 8.5794)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A3E #3E70BC

analogous

#BC4B3E #BC8A3E #AFBC3E

triadic

#BC8A3E #3EBC8A #8A3EBC

tetradic

#BC8A3E #3EBC4B #3E70BC #BC3EAF

square

#BC8A3E #3EBC4B #3E70BC #BC3EAF

split-complementary

#BC8A3E #3EAFBC #4B3EBC

monochromatic

#604620 #8E682F #BC8A3E #CEA66A #DDC198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3E	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)

#9C8C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac76',
    500: '#bc8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3e;
$custom-light: #d4ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66772,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3E

secondary

#8DA5C9

accent

#85DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3E

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

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