#BC8A45#BC8A45

#BC8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.106 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A45
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 11.72, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 45.19, 74.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0308 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.106 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.9036, 29.3003, 9.6569)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A45 #4577BC

analogous

#BC4E45 #BC8A45 #B3BC45

triadic

#BC8A45 #45BC8A #8A45BC

tetradic

#BC8A45 #45BC4E #4577BC #BC45B3

square

#BC8A45 #45BC4E #4577BC #BC45B3

split-complementary

#BC8A45 #45B3BC #4E45BC

monochromatic

#634824 #906934 #BC8A45 #CCA672 #DCC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A45

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A45	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)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.106 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7b',
    500: '#bc8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a45;
$custom-light: #d4ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.79,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66851,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.29298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A45

secondary

#94AAC9

accent

#89D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A45

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

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