#BC8B4E#BC8B4E

#BC8B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.098 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B4E
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 11.83, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 41.23, 73.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0323 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.098 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3485, 29.7089, 11.2895)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B4E #4E7FBC

analogous

#BC544E #BC8B4E #B6BC4E

triadic

#BC8B4E #4EBC8B #8B4EBC

tetradic

#BC8B4E #4EBC54 #4E7FBC #BC4EB6

square

#BC8B4E #4EBC54 #4E7FBC #BC4EB6

split-complementary

#BC8B4E #4EB6BC #544EBC

monochromatic

#684B27 #956B38 #BC8B4E #CDA87A #DEC5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B4E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B4E	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)

#9C8D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.098 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac81',
    500: '#bc8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b4e;
$custom-light: #d3ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67164,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B4E

secondary

#9BB0CB

accent

#8DD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B4E

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

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