#BC8D43#BC8D43

#BC8D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8D43
RGBrgb(188, 141, 67)
HSLhsl(37, 47%, 50%)
HSVhsv(37, 64%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.78, 9.93, 45.46)
CIE-LCHlch(61.78, 46.53, 77.67°)
OKLaboklab(67.42% 0.0252 0.1045)
OKLCHoklch(67.42% 0.108 76.4)
XYZxyz(31.2789, 30.1486, 9.4809)
Luminance0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8D43 #4372BC
analogous
#BC5043 #BC8D43 #AFBC43
triadic
#BC8D43 #43BC8D #8D43BC
tetradic
#BC8D43 #43BC50 #4372BC #BC43AF
square
#BC8D43 #43BC50 #4372BC #BC43AF
split-complementary
#BC8D43 #43AFBC #5043BC
monochromatic
#624923 #8F6B33 #BC8D43 #CCA870 #DCC49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#BC8D43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03
#BC8D43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D43
7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8D43#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC8D431.002.997.037.03
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0321.001.001.00
##0000007.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8E3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9A45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC807D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 76.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7a',
    500: '#bc8d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8d43;
$custom-light: #d4ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.694,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6742,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8D43
secondary
#92A7C9
accent
#85D751
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4EE
border
#D4CEC9
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D43

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#BC8D43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva