#BC8D50#BC8D50

#BC8D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.097 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D50
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 10.88, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 40.58, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0298 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.097 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7136, 30.3225, 11.7703)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D50 #507FBC

analogous

#BC5750 #BC8D50 #B5BC50

triadic

#BC8D50 #50BC8D #8D50BC

tetradic

#BC8D50 #50BC57 #507FBC #BC50B5

square

#BC8D50 #50BC57 #507FBC #BC50B5

split-complementary

#BC8D50 #50B5BC #5750BC

monochromatic

#694D28 #966D39 #BC8D50 #CDAA7C #DEC7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D50

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D50	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#9E8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.097 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae82',
    500: '#bc8d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d50;
$custom-light: #d3ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67585,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D50

secondary

#9CB1CB

accent

#8CD453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D50

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

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