#BC8D49#BC8D49

#BC8D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D49
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 10.35, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 43.81, 76.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0273 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.103 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4683, 30.2244, 10.4785)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D49 #4978BC

analogous

#BC5349 #BC8D49 #B2BC49

triadic

#BC8D49 #49BC8D #8D49BC

tetradic

#BC8D49 #49BC53 #4978BC #BC49B2

square

#BC8D49 #49BC53 #4978BC #BC49B2

split-complementary

#BC8D49 #49B2BC #5349BC

monochromatic

#654B25 #926C36 #BC8D49 #CCA976 #DDC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D49

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D49	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)

#9E8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7e',
    500: '#bc8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d49;
$custom-light: #d3ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67492,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D49

secondary

#97ACCA

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D49

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

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