#BC8D4A#BC8D4A

#BC8D4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D4A
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 74)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 10.42, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 43.35, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0276 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.102 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5017, 30.2378, 10.6545)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D4A #4A79BC

analogous

#BC544A #BC8D4A #B2BC4A

triadic

#BC8D4A #4ABC8D #8D4ABC

tetradic

#BC8D4A #4ABC54 #4A79BC #BC4AB2

square

#BC8D4A #4ABC54 #4A79BC #BC4AB2

split-complementary

#BC8D4A #4AB2BC #544ABC

monochromatic

#664B26 #936C36 #BC8D4A #CDA977 #DDC5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D4A

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D4A	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7e',
    500: '#bc8d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d4a;
$custom-light: #d3ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.263,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D4A

secondary

#98ACCA

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D4A

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

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