#BC8B50#BC8B50

#BC8B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B50
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 11.99, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 40.31, 72.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0331 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.097 70)
XYZ	xyz(31.4213, 29.7380, 11.6729)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B50 #5081BC

analogous

#BC5550 #BC8B50 #B7BC50

triadic

#BC8B50 #50BC8B #8B50BC

tetradic

#BC8B50 #50BC55 #5081BC #BC50B7

square

#BC8B50 #50BC55 #5081BC #BC50B7

split-complementary

#BC8B50 #50B7BC #5550BC

monochromatic

#694C28 #966C39 #BC8B50 #CDA87C #DEC6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B50

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B50	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac82',
    500: '#bc8b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b50;
$custom-light: #d3ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67191,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.29736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B50

secondary

#9CB2CB

accent

#8ED453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B50

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

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