#BC8D4B#BC8D4B

#BC8D4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.101 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D4B
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 75)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 10.50, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 42.89, 75.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.028 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.101 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5357, 30.2513, 10.8334)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D4B #4B7ABC

analogous

#BC554B #BC8D4B #B3BC4B

triadic

#BC8D4B #4BBC8D #8D4BBC

tetradic

#BC8D4B #4BBC55 #4B7ABC #BC4BB3

square

#BC8D4B #4BBC55 #4B7ABC #BC4BB3

split-complementary

#BC8D4B #4BB3BC #554BBC

monochromatic

#664C26 #936D37 #BC8D4B #CDA978 #DDC5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D4B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D4B	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)

#9E8F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.101 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7f',
    500: '#bc8d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d4b;
$custom-light: #d3ae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.044,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D4B

secondary

#99ADCA

accent

#89D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D4B

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

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