#BC8D42#BC8D42

#BC8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D42
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 9.87, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 46.98, 77.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0249 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.108 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2491, 30.1367, 9.3243)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D42 #4271BC

analogous

#BC5042 #BC8D42 #AEBC42

triadic

#BC8D42 #42BC8D #8D42BC

tetradic

#BC8D42 #42BC50 #4271BC #BC42AE

square

#BC8D42 #42BC50 #4271BC #BC42AE

split-complementary

#BC8D42 #42AEBC #5042BC

monochromatic

#614922 #8F6B32 #BC8D42 #CCA86F #DCC49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D42

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D42	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae79',
    500: '#bc8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d42;
$custom-light: #d4ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67409,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D42

secondary

#91A7C9

accent

#84D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D42

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

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