#BC8A4F#BC8A4F

#BC8A4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.098 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A4F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 79)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 12.46, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 40.65, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0343 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.098 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2405, 29.4351, 11.4317)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A4F #4F81BC

analogous

#BC544F #BC8A4F #B8BC4F

triadic

#BC8A4F #4FBC8A #8A4FBC

tetradic

#BC8A4F #4FBC54 #4F81BC #BC4FB8

square

#BC8A4F #4FBC54 #4F81BC #BC4FB8

split-complementary

#BC8A4F #4FB8BC #544FBC

monochromatic

#694B28 #956B39 #BC8A4F #CDA77B #DEC5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8A4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A4F

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A4F	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.098 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac82',
    500: '#bc8a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a4f;
$custom-light: #d3ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.477,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66981,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A4F

secondary

#9CB1CB

accent

#8FD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A4F

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

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