#BC8B49#BC8B49

#BC8B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.102 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B49
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 11.45, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 43.52, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0305 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.103 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1761, 29.6399, 10.3811)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B49 #497ABC

analogous

#BC5149 #BC8B49 #B3BC49

triadic

#BC8B49 #49BC8B #8B49BC

tetradic

#BC8B49 #49BC51 #497ABC #BC49B3

square

#BC8B49 #49BC51 #497ABC #BC49B3

split-complementary

#BC8B49 #49B3BC #5149BC

monochromatic

#654A25 #926B36 #BC8B49 #CCA876 #DDC4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B49

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B49	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.102 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7e',
    500: '#bc8b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b49;
$custom-light: #d4ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B49

secondary

#97ADCA

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B49

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

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