#BC8B43#BC8B43

#BC8B43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.107 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B43
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, 11.04, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 46.23, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0285 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.107 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9866, 29.5641, 9.3835)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B43 #4374BC

analogous

#BC4E43 #BC8B43 #B1BC43

triadic

#BC8B43 #43BC8B #8B43BC

tetradic

#BC8B43 #43BC4E #4374BC #BC43B1

square

#BC8B43 #43BC4E #4374BC #BC43B1

split-complementary

#BC8B43 #43B1BC #4E43BC

monochromatic

#624823 #8F6A33 #BC8B43 #CCA770 #DCC39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B43

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B43	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)

#9D8D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.107 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7a',
    500: '#bc8b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b43;
$custom-light: #d4ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.702,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67025,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B43

secondary

#92A8C9

accent

#87D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B43

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

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