#BC8B53#BC8B53

#BC8B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B53
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 12.23, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 38.93, 71.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0342 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.094 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5347, 29.7834, 12.2698)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B53 #5384BC

analogous

#BC5653 #BC8B53 #B8BC53

triadic

#BC8B53 #53BC8B #8B53BC

tetradic

#BC8B53 #53BC56 #5384BC #BC53B8

square

#BC8B53 #53BC56 #5384BC #BC53B8

split-complementary

#BC8B53 #53B8BC #5653BC

monochromatic

#6B4C2A #976C3B #BC8B53 #CDA97F #DEC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B53

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B53	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac84',
    500: '#bc8b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b53;
$custom-light: #d3ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67235,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B53

secondary

#9FB4CC

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B53

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

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