#BC8B4B#BC8B4B

#BC8B4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.101 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B4B
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 75)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 11.60, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 42.60, 74.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0313 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.101 72)
XYZ	xyz(31.2434, 29.6669, 10.7360)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B4B #4B7CBC

analogous

#BC534B #BC8B4B #B5BC4B

triadic

#BC8B4B #4BBC8B #8B4BBC

tetradic

#BC8B4B #4BBC53 #4B7CBC #BC4BB5

square

#BC8B4B #4BBC53 #4B7CBC #BC4BB5

split-complementary

#BC8B4B #4BB5BC #534BBC

monochromatic

#664B26 #936B37 #BC8B4B #CDA878 #DDC4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B4B

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B4B	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)

#9C8D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.101 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7f',
    500: '#bc8b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b4b;
$custom-light: #d3ac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.982,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.29665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B4B

secondary

#99AECA

accent

#8BD552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B4B

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

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