#BC8A4E#BC8A4E

#BC8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.098 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 12.38, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 41.10, 72.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.034 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.098 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2044, 29.4206, 11.2415)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A4E #4E80BC

analogous

#BC534E #BC8A4E #B7BC4E

triadic

#BC8A4E #4EBC8A #8A4EBC

tetradic

#BC8A4E #4EBC53 #4E80BC #BC4EB7

square

#BC8A4E #4EBC53 #4E80BC #BC4EB7

split-complementary

#BC8A4E #4EB7BC #534EBC

monochromatic

#684B27 #956B38 #BC8A4E #CDA77A #DEC5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A4E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A4E	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)

#9B8D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.098 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac81',
    500: '#bc8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a4e;
$custom-light: #d3ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66967,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A4E

secondary

#9BB1CB

accent

#8ED553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A4E

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

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