#BC8A50#BC8A50

#BC8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.097 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A50
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 12.54, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 40.19, 71.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0347 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.097 69)
XYZ	xyz(31.2772, 29.4498, 11.6249)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A50 #5082BC

analogous

#BC5450 #BC8A50 #B8BC50

triadic

#BC8A50 #50BC8A #8A50BC

tetradic

#BC8A50 #50BC54 #5082BC #BC50B8

square

#BC8A50 #50BC54 #5082BC #BC50B8

split-complementary

#BC8A50 #50B8BC #5450BC

monochromatic

#694B28 #966B39 #BC8A50 #CDA87C #DEC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A50

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A50	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)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.097 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac82',
    500: '#bc8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a50;
$custom-light: #d3ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66996,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.29448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A50

secondary

#9CB2CB

accent

#8FD453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A50

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

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