#BC8D45#BC8D45

#BC8D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D45
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 10.07, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 45.63, 77.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0259 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.106 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3399, 30.1730, 9.8024)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D45 #4574BC

analogous

#BC5145 #BC8D45 #AFBC45

triadic

#BC8D45 #45BC8D #8D45BC

tetradic

#BC8D45 #45BC51 #4574BC #BC45AF

square

#BC8D45 #45BC51 #4574BC #BC45AF

split-complementary

#BC8D45 #45AFBC #5145BC

monochromatic

#634A24 #906C34 #BC8D45 #CCA972 #DCC49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC8D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D45

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D45	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)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7b',
    500: '#bc8d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d45;
$custom-light: #d4ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67444,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D45

secondary

#94A9C9

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D45

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

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