#BC8A41#BC8A41

#BC8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A41
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 11.46, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 46.98, 75.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0294 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.109 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7835, 29.2523, 9.0249)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A41 #4173BC

analogous

#BC4D41 #BC8A41 #B1BC41

triadic

#BC8A41 #41BC8A #8A41BC

tetradic

#BC8A41 #41BC4D #4173BC #BC41B1

square

#BC8A41 #41BC4D #4173BC #BC41B1

split-complementary

#BC8A41 #41B1BC #4D41BC

monochromatic

#614722 #8F6931 #BC8A41 #CDA66E #DCC29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A41

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A41	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)

#9C8C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac78',
    500: '#bc8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a41;
$custom-light: #d4ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A41

secondary

#90A7C9

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A41

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

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