#BC8A51#BC8A51

#BC8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.096 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A51
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 12.62, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 39.73, 71.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0351 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.096 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3144, 29.4647, 11.8209)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A51 #5183BC

analogous

#BC5551 #BC8A51 #B8BC51

triadic

#BC8A51 #51BC8A #8A51BC

tetradic

#BC8A51 #51BC55 #5183BC #BC51B8

square

#BC8A51 #51BC55 #5183BC #BC51B8

split-complementary

#BC8A51 #51B8BC #5551BC

monochromatic

#6A4B29 #966B3A #BC8A51 #CDA87D #DEC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A51

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A51	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)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.096 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac83',
    500: '#bc8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a51;
$custom-light: #d3ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.963,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6701,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A51

secondary

#9DB3CC

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A51

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

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