#BC8A53#BC8A53

#BC8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.094 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A53
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 12.78, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 38.82, 70.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0358 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.094 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3905, 29.4951, 12.2217)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A53 #5385BC

analogous

#BC5553 #BC8A53 #B9BC53

triadic

#BC8A53 #53BC8A #8A53BC

tetradic

#BC8A53 #53BC55 #5385BC #BC53B9

square

#BC8A53 #53BC55 #5385BC #BC53B9

split-complementary

#BC8A53 #53B9BC #5553BC

monochromatic

#6B4C2A #976B3B #BC8A53 #CDA87F #DEC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A53

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A53	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#9B8D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.094 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac84',
    500: '#bc8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a53;
$custom-light: #d3ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67039,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A53

secondary

#9FB4CC

accent

#91D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A53

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

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