#BC8B3D#BC8B3D

#BC8B3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.112 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3D
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 10.66, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 48.88, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0265 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.112 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8159, 29.4958, 8.4842)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3D #3D6EBC

analogous

#BC4B3D #BC8B3D #AEBC3D

triadic

#BC8B3D #3DBC8B #8B3DBC

tetradic

#BC8B3D #3DBC4B #3D6EBC #BC3DAE

square

#BC8B3D #3DBC4B #3D6EBC #BC3DAE

split-complementary

#BC8B3D #3DAEBC #4B3DBC

monochromatic

#60471F #8E692E #BC8B3D #CEA768 #DDC296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3D

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3D	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)

#9D8D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.112 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac76',
    500: '#bc8b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3d;
$custom-light: #d4ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.85,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66959,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3D

secondary

#8CA4C9

accent

#84DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3D

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

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