#BC8B48#BC8B48

#BC8B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B48
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 11.38, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 43.97, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0302 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.103 73)
XYZ	xyz(31.1432, 29.6268, 10.2079)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B48 #4879BC

analogous

#BC5148 #BC8B48 #B3BC48

triadic

#BC8B48 #48BC8B #8B48BC

tetradic

#BC8B48 #48BC51 #4879BC #BC48B3

square

#BC8B48 #48BC51 #4879BC #BC48B3

split-complementary

#BC8B48 #48B3BC #5148BC

monochromatic

#654A25 #926B35 #BC8B48 #CCA775 #DDC4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B48

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B48	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)

#9D8D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7d',
    500: '#bc8b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b48;
$custom-light: #d4ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B48

secondary

#96ACCA

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B48

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

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