#BC8B42#BC8B42

#BC8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B42
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 10.97, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 46.68, 76.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0282 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.108 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9569, 29.5522, 9.2269)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B42 #4273BC

analogous

#BC4E42 #BC8B42 #B0BC42

triadic

#BC8B42 #42BC8B #8B42BC

tetradic

#BC8B42 #42BC4E #4273BC #BC42B0

square

#BC8B42 #42BC4E #4273BC #BC42B0

split-complementary

#BC8B42 #42B0BC #4E42BC

monochromatic

#614822 #8F6A32 #BC8B42 #CCA76F #DCC39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B42

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B42	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)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac79',
    500: '#bc8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b42;
$custom-light: #d4ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67013,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B42

secondary

#91A7C9

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B42

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

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