#BC8D53#BC8D53

#BC8D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.094 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D53
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 11.13, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 39.19, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0309 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.094 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8269, 30.3678, 12.3672)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D53 #5382BC

analogous

#BC5853 #BC8D53 #B6BC53

triadic

#BC8D53 #53BC8D #8D53BC

tetradic

#BC8D53 #53BC58 #5382BC #BC53B6

square

#BC8D53 #53BC58 #5382BC #BC53B6

split-complementary

#BC8D53 #53B6BC #5853BC

monochromatic

#6B4E2A #976E3B #BC8D53 #CDAA7F #DEC7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D53

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D53	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)

#9D8F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.094 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae85',
    500: '#bc8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d53;
$custom-light: #d3ae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67628,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D53

secondary

#9FB3CC

accent

#8DD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D53

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

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