#BC8A49#BC8A49

#BC8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A49
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 12.00, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 43.38, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0322 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.102 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0319, 29.3516, 10.3331)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A49 #497BBC

analogous

#BC5049 #BC8A49 #B4BC49

triadic

#BC8A49 #49BC8A #8A49BC

tetradic

#BC8A49 #49BC50 #497BBC #BC49B4

square

#BC8A49 #49BC50 #497BBC #BC49B4

split-complementary

#BC8A49 #49B4BC #5049BC

monochromatic

#654925 #926A36 #BC8A49 #CCA776 #DDC4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A49

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A49	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)

#9C8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7e',
    500: '#bc8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a49;
$custom-light: #d4ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66901,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A49

secondary

#97ADCA

accent

#8BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A49

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

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