#BC8A48#BC8A48

#BC8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.103 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A48
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 11.93, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 43.84, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0318 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.103 72)
XYZ	xyz(30.9990, 29.3385, 10.1598)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A48 #487ABC

analogous

#BC5048 #BC8A48 #B4BC48

triadic

#BC8A48 #48BC8A #8A48BC

tetradic

#BC8A48 #48BC50 #487ABC #BC48B4

square

#BC8A48 #48BC50 #487ABC #BC48B4

split-complementary

#BC8A48 #48B4BC #5048BC

monochromatic

#654925 #926A35 #BC8A48 #CCA775 #DDC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A48

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A48	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.103 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7d',
    500: '#bc8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a48;
$custom-light: #d4ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66888,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.29336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A48

secondary

#96ACCA

accent

#8BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A48

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

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