#BC8B3E#BC8B3E

#BC8B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.111 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3E
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 10.72, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 48.45, 77.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0269 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.111 76)
XYZ	xyz(30.8431, 29.5067, 8.6274)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3E #3E6FBC

analogous

#BC4C3E #BC8B3E #AEBC3E

triadic

#BC8B3E #3EBC8B #8B3EBC

tetradic

#BC8B3E #3EBC4C #3E6FBC #BC3EAE

square

#BC8B3E #3EBC4C #3E6FBC #BC3EAE

split-complementary

#BC8B3E #3EAEBC #4C3EBC

monochromatic

#604720 #8E692F #BC8B3E #CEA76A #DDC298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3E	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)

#9D8D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.111 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac77',
    500: '#bc8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3e;
$custom-light: #d4ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66969,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.29504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3E

secondary

#8DA4C9

accent

#84DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3E

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

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