#BC8D48#BC8D48

#BC8D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.104 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D48
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, 10.28, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 44.27, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0269 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.104 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4354, 30.2112, 10.3053)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D48 #4877BC

analogous

#BC5348 #BC8D48 #B1BC48

triadic

#BC8D48 #48BC8D #8D48BC

tetradic

#BC8D48 #48BC53 #4877BC #BC48B1

square

#BC8D48 #48BC53 #4877BC #BC48B1

split-complementary

#BC8D48 #48B1BC #5348BC

monochromatic

#654B25 #926C35 #BC8D48 #CCA975 #DDC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D48

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D48	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.104 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7d',
    500: '#bc8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d48;
$custom-light: #d4ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6748,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D48

secondary

#96ABCA

accent

#87D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D48

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

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