#BC8D3C#BC8D3C

#BC8D3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D3C
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 9.50, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 49.63, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.023 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.113 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0814, 30.0696, 8.4411)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D3C #3C6BBC

analogous

#BC4D3C #BC8D3C #ABBC3C

triadic

#BC8D3C #3CBC8D #8D3CBC

tetradic

#BC8D3C #3CBC4D #3C6BBC #BC3CAB

square

#BC8D3C #3CBC4D #3C6BBC #BC3CAB

split-complementary

#BC8D3C #3CABBC #4D3CBC

monochromatic

#5F471E #8E6A2D #BC8D3C #CEA867 #DDC395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D3C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D3C	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#9F8E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae75',
    500: '#bc8d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d3c;
$custom-light: #d4ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D3C

secondary

#8BA2C9

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D3C

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

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