#BC8D59#BC8D59

#BC8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.089 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D59
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 11.65, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 36.41, 71.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0332 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.089 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0687, 30.4645, 13.6404)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D59 #5988BC

analogous

#BC5C59 #BC8D59 #BABC59

triadic

#BC8D59 #59BC8D #8D59BC

tetradic

#BC8D59 #59BC5C #5988BC #BC59BA

square

#BC8D59 #59BC5C #5988BC #BC59BA

split-complementary

#BC8D59 #59BABC #5C59BC

monochromatic

#6E4F2C #9A6E3E #BC8D59 #CEAB85 #DFC9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D59

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D59	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.089 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae89',
    500: '#bc8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d59;
$custom-light: #d3ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.515,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67719,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D59

secondary

#A3B7CD

accent

#91D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D59

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

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