#BC8B40#BC8B40

#BC8B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B40
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 10.84, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 47.57, 76.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0275 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.109 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8990, 29.5291, 8.9218)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B40 #4071BC

analogous

#BC4D40 #BC8B40 #AFBC40

triadic

#BC8B40 #40BC8B #8B40BC

tetradic

#BC8B40 #40BC4D #4071BC #BC40AF

square

#BC8B40 #40BC4D #4071BC #BC40AF

split-complementary

#BC8B40 #40AFBC #4D40BC

monochromatic

#614721 #8E6930 #BC8B40 #CDA76C #DDC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B40

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B40	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac78',
    500: '#bc8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b40;
$custom-light: #d4ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66991,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B40

secondary

#8FA6C9

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →