#BC8A61#BC8A61

#BC8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.083 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A61
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 14.06, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 32.57, 64.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0413 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.083 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9867, 29.7335, 15.3614)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A61 #6193BC

analogous

#BC6165 #BC8A61 #BCB761

triadic

#BC8A61 #61BC8A #8A61BC

tetradic

#BC8A61 #65BC61 #6193BC #B761BC

square

#BC8A61 #65BC61 #6193BC #B761BC

split-complementary

#BC8A61 #61BCB7 #6165BC

monochromatic

#724E30 #9D6B43 #BC8A61 #CEAA8C #E0CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A61

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A61	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.083 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8e',
    500: '#bc8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a61;
$custom-light: #d2ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.033,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67268,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A61

secondary

#AABECF

accent

#9AD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A61

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

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