#BC8B52#BC8B52

#BC8B52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B52
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 82)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 12.15, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 39.39, 72.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0338 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.095 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4963, 29.7680, 12.0679)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B52 #5283BC

analogous

#BC5652 #BC8B52 #B8BC52

triadic

#BC8B52 #52BC8B #8B52BC

tetradic

#BC8B52 #52BC56 #5283BC #BC52B8

square

#BC8B52 #52BC56 #5283BC #BC52B8

split-complementary

#BC8B52 #52B8BC #5652BC

monochromatic

#6A4C29 #976C3A #BC8B52 #CDA97E #DEC6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B52

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B52	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)

#9C8E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac84',
    500: '#bc8b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b52;
$custom-light: #d3ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.264,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6722,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B52

secondary

#9EB3CC

accent

#8FD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B52

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

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