#BC8D4E#BC8D4E

#BC8D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.099 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D4E
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 10.72, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 41.50, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0291 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.099 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6408, 30.2934, 11.3869)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D4E #4E7DBC

analogous

#BC564E #BC8D4E #B4BC4E

triadic

#BC8D4E #4EBC8D #8D4EBC

tetradic

#BC8D4E #4EBC56 #4E7DBC #BC4EB4

square

#BC8D4E #4EBC56 #4E7DBC #BC4EB4

split-complementary

#BC8D4E #4EB4BC #564EBC

monochromatic

#684D27 #956D38 #BC8D4E #CDAA7A #DEC6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D4E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D4E	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.099 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae81',
    500: '#bc8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d4e;
$custom-light: #d3ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67558,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D4E

secondary

#9BAFCB

accent

#8AD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D4E

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

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