#BC8A42#BC8A42

#BC8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A42
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 11.52, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 46.54, 75.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0298 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.108 74)
XYZ	xyz(30.8128, 29.2640, 9.1788)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A42 #4274BC

analogous

#BC4D42 #BC8A42 #B1BC42

triadic

#BC8A42 #42BC8A #8A42BC

tetradic

#BC8A42 #42BC4D #4274BC #BC42B1

square

#BC8A42 #42BC4D #4274BC #BC42B1

split-complementary

#BC8A42 #42B1BC #4D42BC

monochromatic

#614722 #8F6932 #BC8A42 #CCA66F #DCC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A42

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A42	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac79',
    500: '#bc8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a42;
$custom-light: #d4ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66816,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.29262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A42

secondary

#91A8C9

accent

#88D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A42

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

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