#BC8B3F#BC8B3F

#BC8B3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.110 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3F
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 63)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 10.78, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 48.01, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0272 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.11 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8708, 29.5178, 8.7732)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3F #3F70BC

analogous

#BC4D3F #BC8B3F #AFBC3F

triadic

#BC8B3F #3FBC8B #8B3FBC

tetradic

#BC8B3F #3FBC4D #3F70BC #BC3FAF

square

#BC8B3F #3FBC4D #3F70BC #BC3FAF

split-complementary

#BC8B3F #3FAFBC #4D3FBC

monochromatic

#604720 #8E6930 #BC8B3F #CDA76B #DDC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3F	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)

#9D8D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.110 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac77',
    500: '#bc8b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3f;
$custom-light: #d4ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6698,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3F

secondary

#8EA5C9

accent

#85D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3F

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

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