#BC8D52#BC8D52

#BC8D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D52
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 11.05, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 39.65, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0306 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.095 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7886, 30.3525, 12.1653)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D52 #5281BC

analogous

#BC5852 #BC8D52 #B6BC52

triadic

#BC8D52 #52BC8D #8D52BC

tetradic

#BC8D52 #52BC58 #5281BC #BC52B6

square

#BC8D52 #52BC58 #5281BC #BC52B6

split-complementary

#BC8D52 #52B6BC #5852BC

monochromatic

#6A4D29 #976E3A #BC8D52 #CDAA7E #DEC7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D52

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D52	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)

#9E8F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae84',
    500: '#bc8d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d52;
$custom-light: #d3ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.396,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67614,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D52

secondary

#9EB2CC

accent

#8DD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D52

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

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