#BC8B45#BC8B45

#BC8B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B45
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 11.17, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 45.33, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0292 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.106 74)
XYZ	xyz(31.0477, 29.5886, 9.7050)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B45 #4576BC

analogous

#BC4F45 #BC8B45 #B2BC45

triadic

#BC8B45 #45BC8B #8B45BC

tetradic

#BC8B45 #45BC4F #4576BC #BC45B2

square

#BC8B45 #45BC4F #4576BC #BC45B2

split-complementary

#BC8B45 #45B2BC #4F45BC

monochromatic

#634924 #906A34 #BC8B45 #CCA772 #DCC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B45

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B45	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7b',
    500: '#bc8b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b45;
$custom-light: #d4ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.29586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B45

secondary

#94AAC9

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B45

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

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