#BC8A40#BC8A40

#BC8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A40
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 11.40, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 47.42, 76.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0291 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.109 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7548, 29.2408, 8.8737)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A40 #4072BC

analogous

#BC4C40 #BC8A40 #B0BC40

triadic

#BC8A40 #40BC8A #8A40BC

tetradic

#BC8A40 #40BC4C #4072BC #BC40B0

square

#BC8A40 #40BC4C #4072BC #BC40B0

split-complementary

#BC8A40 #40B0BC #4C40BC

monochromatic

#614721 #8E6830 #BC8A40 #CDA66C #DDC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A40

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A40	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)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac78',
    500: '#bc8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a40;
$custom-light: #d4ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66794,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A40

secondary

#8FA6C9

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A40

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

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