#BC8A52#BC8A52

#BC8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.095 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A52
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 12.70, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 39.28, 71.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0355 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.095 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3522, 29.4798, 12.0199)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A52 #5284BC

analogous

#BC5552 #BC8A52 #B9BC52

triadic

#BC8A52 #52BC8A #8A52BC

tetradic

#BC8A52 #52BC55 #5284BC #BC52B9

square

#BC8A52 #52BC55 #5284BC #BC52B9

split-complementary

#BC8A52 #52B9BC #5552BC

monochromatic

#6A4C29 #976B3A #BC8A52 #CDA87E #DEC6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A52

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A52	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.095 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac84',
    500: '#bc8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a52;
$custom-light: #d3ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.698,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67024,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A52

secondary

#9EB4CC

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A52

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

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