#BC8A46#BC8A46

#BC8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A46
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 11.79, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 44.74, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0311 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.105 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9349, 29.3128, 9.8218)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A46 #4678BC

analogous

#BC4F46 #BC8A46 #B3BC46

triadic

#BC8A46 #46BC8A #8A46BC

tetradic

#BC8A46 #46BC4F #4678BC #BC46B3

square

#BC8A46 #46BC4F #4678BC #BC46B3

split-complementary

#BC8A46 #46B3BC #4F46BC

monochromatic

#644924 #906934 #BC8A46 #CCA673 #DDC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A46

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A46	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)

#9C8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7c',
    500: '#bc8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a46;
$custom-light: #d4ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.576,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66863,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A46

secondary

#95ABC9

accent

#8AD651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A46

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

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