#BC8B41#BC8B41

#BC8B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B41
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 10.91, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 47.12, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0278 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.109 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9277, 29.5406, 9.0730)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B41 #4172BC

analogous

#BC4E41 #BC8B41 #B0BC41

triadic

#BC8B41 #41BC8B #8B41BC

tetradic

#BC8B41 #41BC4E #4172BC #BC41B0

square

#BC8B41 #41BC4E #4172BC #BC41B0

split-complementary

#BC8B41 #41B0BC #4E41BC

monochromatic

#614822 #8F6931 #BC8B41 #CDA76E #DCC29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B41

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B41	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)

#9D8D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac78',
    500: '#bc8b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b41;
$custom-light: #d4ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.098,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67002,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B41

secondary

#90A7C9

accent

#86D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B41

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

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