#BC8B4A#BC8B4A

#BC8B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.102 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B4A
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 11.53, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 43.06, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0309 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.102 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2095, 29.6533, 10.5571)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B4A #4A7BBC

analogous

#BC524A #BC8B4A #B4BC4A

triadic

#BC8B4A #4ABC8B #8B4ABC

tetradic

#BC8B4A #4ABC52 #4A7BBC #BC4AB4

square

#BC8B4A #4ABC52 #4A7BBC #BC4AB4

split-complementary

#BC8B4A #4AB4BC #524ABC

monochromatic

#664A26 #936B36 #BC8B4A #CDA877 #DDC4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B4A

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B4A	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)

#9C8D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.102 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7e',
    500: '#bc8b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b4a;
$custom-light: #d3ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6711,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B4A

secondary

#98ADCA

accent

#8BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B4A

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

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