#BC8A44#BC8A44

#BC8A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A44
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 11.66, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 45.64, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0304 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.106 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8728, 29.2880, 9.4948)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A44 #4476BC

analogous

#BC4E44 #BC8A44 #B2BC44

triadic

#BC8A44 #44BC8A #8A44BC

tetradic

#BC8A44 #44BC4E #4476BC #BC44B2

square

#BC8A44 #44BC4E #4476BC #BC44B2

split-complementary

#BC8A44 #44B2BC #4E44BC

monochromatic

#624823 #8F6933 #BC8A44 #CCA671 #DCC29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A44

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A44	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7a',
    500: '#bc8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a44;
$custom-light: #d4ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66839,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A44

secondary

#93A9C9

accent

#89D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A44

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

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