#BC8A4A#BC8A4A

#BC8A4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A4A
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 74)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 12.08, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 42.93, 73.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0325 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.102 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0653, 29.3650, 10.5091)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A4A #4A7CBC

analogous

#BC514A #BC8A4A #B5BC4A

triadic

#BC8A4A #4ABC8A #8A4ABC

tetradic

#BC8A4A #4ABC51 #4A7CBC #BC4AB5

square

#BC8A4A #4ABC51 #4A7CBC #BC4AB5

split-complementary

#BC8A4A #4AB5BC #514ABC

monochromatic

#664A26 #936A36 #BC8A4A #CDA777 #DDC4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A4A

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A4A	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)

#9B8C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7e',
    500: '#bc8a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a4a;
$custom-light: #d4ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.684,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66914,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A4A

secondary

#98AECA

accent

#8CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A4A

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

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