#BC8C4E#BC8C4E

#BC8C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.099 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C4E
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 11.28, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 41.36, 74.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0307 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.099 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4940, 29.9998, 11.3380)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C4E #4E7EBC

analogous

#BC554E #BC8C4E #B5BC4E

triadic

#BC8C4E #4EBC8C #8C4EBC

tetradic

#BC8C4E #4EBC55 #4E7EBC #BC4EB5

square

#BC8C4E #4EBC55 #4E7EBC #BC4EB5

split-complementary

#BC8C4E #4EB5BC #554EBC

monochromatic

#684C27 #956C38 #BC8C4E #CDA97A #DEC6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C4E

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C4E	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.099 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ad81',
    500: '#bc8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c4e;
$custom-light: #d3ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6736,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C4E

secondary

#9BB0CB

accent

#8CD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C4E

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

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