#BC8A4D#BC8A4D

#BC8A4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A4D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 77)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 12.30, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 41.56, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0336 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.099 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1688, 29.4064, 11.0541)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A4D #4D7FBC

analogous

#BC534D #BC8A4D #B7BC4D

triadic

#BC8A4D #4DBC8A #8A4DBC

tetradic

#BC8A4D #4DBC53 #4D7FBC #BC4DB7

square

#BC8A4D #4DBC53 #4D7FBC #BC4DB7

split-complementary

#BC8A4D #4DB7BC #534DBC

monochromatic

#684B27 #946A38 #BC8A4D #CDA779 #DDC4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A4D

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A4D	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac80',
    500: '#bc8a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a4d;
$custom-light: #d3ac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.973,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A4D

secondary

#9AB0CB

accent

#8DD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A4D

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

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