#BC8D51#BC8D51

#BC8D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.096 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D51
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 10.96, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 40.11, 74.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0302 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.096 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7508, 30.3374, 11.9664)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D51 #5180BC

analogous

#BC5851 #BC8D51 #B5BC51

triadic

#BC8D51 #51BC8D #8D51BC

tetradic

#BC8D51 #51BC58 #5180BC #BC51B5

square

#BC8D51 #51BC58 #5180BC #BC51B5

split-complementary

#BC8D51 #51B5BC #5851BC

monochromatic

#6A4D29 #966E3A #BC8D51 #CDAA7D #DEC7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D51

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D51	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.096 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae83',
    500: '#bc8d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d51;
$custom-light: #d3ae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.645,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67599,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D51

secondary

#9DB2CC

accent

#8CD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D51

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

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