#BC8B46#BC8B46

#BC8B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B46
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 11.24, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 44.88, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0295 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.105 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0790, 29.6011, 9.8698)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B46 #4677BC

analogous

#BC5046 #BC8B46 #B2BC46

triadic

#BC8B46 #46BC8B #8B46BC

tetradic

#BC8B46 #46BC50 #4677BC #BC46B2

square

#BC8B46 #46BC50 #4677BC #BC46B2

split-complementary

#BC8B46 #46B2BC #5046BC

monochromatic

#644924 #906A34 #BC8B46 #CCA773 #DDC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B46

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B46	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9D8D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7c',
    500: '#bc8b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b46;
$custom-light: #d4ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.085,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6706,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B46

secondary

#95AAC9

accent

#89D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B46

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

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