#BC8B44#BC8B44

#BC8B44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B44
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 11.10, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 45.78, 75.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0288 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.106 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0169, 29.5762, 9.5429)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B44 #4475BC

analogous

#BC4F44 #BC8B44 #B1BC44

triadic

#BC8B44 #44BC8B #8B44BC

tetradic

#BC8B44 #44BC4F #4475BC #BC44B1

square

#BC8B44 #44BC4F #4475BC #BC44B1

split-complementary

#BC8B44 #44B1BC #4F44BC

monochromatic

#624923 #8F6A33 #BC8B44 #CCA771 #DCC39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B44

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B44	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)

#9D8D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7a',
    500: '#bc8b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b44;
$custom-light: #d4ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B44

secondary

#93A9C9

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B44

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

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