#BC8A5B#BC8A5B

#BC8A5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.088 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A5B
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 13.49, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 35.21, 67.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0389 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.088 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7174, 29.6258, 13.9433)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A5B #5B8DBC

analogous

#BC5B5D #BC8A5B #BCBA5B

triadic

#BC8A5B #5BBC8A #8A5BBC

tetradic

#BC8A5B #5DBC5B #5B8DBC #BA5BBC

square

#BC8A5B #5DBC5B #5B8DBC #BA5BBC

split-complementary

#BC8A5B #5BBCBA #5B5DBC

monochromatic

#6F4D2D #9B6B3F #BC8A5B #CEA986 #E0C8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A5B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A5B	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.088 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8a',
    500: '#bc8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a5b;
$custom-light: #d3ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.072,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67165,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A5B

secondary

#A5BACE

accent

#96D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A5B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →