#BC8A3F#BC8A3F

#BC8A3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 11.33, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 47.87, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0288 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.11 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7266, 29.2295, 8.7252)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A3F #3F71BC

analogous

#BC4C3F #BC8A3F #B0BC3F

triadic

#BC8A3F #3FBC8A #8A3FBC

tetradic

#BC8A3F #3FBC4C #3F71BC #BC3FB0

square

#BC8A3F #3FBC4C #3F71BC #BC3FB0

split-complementary

#BC8A3F #3FB0BC #4C3FBC

monochromatic

#604720 #8E6830 #BC8A3F #CDA66B #DDC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3F

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3F	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac77',
    500: '#bc8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3f;
$custom-light: #d4ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66783,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3F

secondary

#8EA6C9

accent

#86D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3F

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

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