#BC8A43#BC8A43

#BC8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.107 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A43
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 11.59, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 46.09, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0301 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.107 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8425, 29.2759, 9.3355)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A43 #4375BC

analogous

#BC4E43 #BC8A43 #B1BC43

triadic

#BC8A43 #43BC8A #8A43BC

tetradic

#BC8A43 #43BC4E #4375BC #BC43B1

square

#BC8A43 #43BC4E #4375BC #BC43B1

split-complementary

#BC8A43 #43B1BC #4E43BC

monochromatic

#624823 #8F6933 #BC8A43 #CCA670 #DCC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A43

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A43	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)

#9C8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.107 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7a',
    500: '#bc8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a43;
$custom-light: #d4ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.207,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66828,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A43

secondary

#92A9C9

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A43

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

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