#BC8D3A#BC8D3A

#BC8D3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.114 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D3A
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 9.38, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 50.49, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0224 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.114 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0296, 30.0489, 8.1679)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D3A #3A69BC

analogous

#BC4C3A #BC8D3A #AABC3A

triadic

#BC8D3A #3ABC8D #8D3ABC

tetradic

#BC8D3A #3ABC4C #3A69BC #BC3AAA

square

#BC8D3A #3ABC4C #3A69BC #BC3AAA

split-complementary

#BC8D3A #3AAABC #4C3ABC

monochromatic

#5E471D #8D6A2C #BC8D3A #CFA864 #DEC393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D3A

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D3A	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.114 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae74',
    500: '#bc8d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d3a;
$custom-light: #d4ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67326,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D3A

secondary

#89A0C9

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D3A

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

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