#BC8A47#BC8A47

#BC8A47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A47
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 71)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 11.86, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 44.29, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0315 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.104 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9667, 29.3255, 9.9894)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A47 #4779BC

analogous

#BC4F47 #BC8A47 #B3BC47

triadic

#BC8A47 #47BC8A #8A47BC

tetradic

#BC8A47 #47BC4F #4779BC #BC47B3

square

#BC8A47 #47BC4F #4779BC #BC47B3

split-complementary

#BC8A47 #47B3BC #4F47BC

monochromatic

#644924 #916A35 #BC8A47 #CCA774 #DDC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A47

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A47	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)

#9C8C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7c',
    500: '#bc8a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a47;
$custom-light: #d4ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.359,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66876,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A47

secondary

#95ACC9

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A47

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

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