#BC8D3E#BC8D3E

#BC8D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D3E
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 9.62, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 48.76, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0236 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.111 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1353, 30.0912, 8.7248)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D3E #3E6DBC

analogous

#BC4E3E #BC8D3E #ACBC3E

triadic

#BC8D3E #3EBC8D #8D3EBC

tetradic

#BC8D3E #3EBC4E #3E6DBC #BC3EAC

square

#BC8D3E #3EBC4E #3E6DBC #BC3EAC

split-complementary

#BC8D3E #3EACBC #4E3EBC

monochromatic

#604820 #8E6A2F #BC8D3E #CEA86A #DDC398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BC8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D3E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D3E	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae77',
    500: '#bc8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d3e;
$custom-light: #d4ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67366,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D3E

secondary

#8DA3C9

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D3E

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

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