#BC8B4D#BC8B4D

#BC8B4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.099 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B4D
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 77)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 11.75, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 41.69, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.032 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.099 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3130, 29.6947, 11.1022)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B4D #4D7EBC

analogous

#BC544D #BC8B4D #B5BC4D

triadic

#BC8B4D #4DBC8B #8B4DBC

tetradic

#BC8B4D #4DBC54 #4D7EBC #BC4DB5

square

#BC8B4D #4DBC54 #4D7EBC #BC4DB5

split-complementary

#BC8B4D #4DB5BC #544DBC

monochromatic

#684B27 #946B38 #BC8B4D #CDA879 #DDC5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B4D

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B4D	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.099 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac80',
    500: '#bc8b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b4d;
$custom-light: #d3ac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.514,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B4D

secondary

#9AB0CB

accent

#8CD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B4D

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

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