#BC8D61#BC8D61

#BC8D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.083 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D61
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 12.41, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 32.78, 67.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0364 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.083 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4230, 30.6063, 15.5068)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D61 #6190BC

analogous

#BC6162 #BC8D61 #BCBA61

triadic

#BC8D61 #61BC8D #8D61BC

tetradic

#BC8D61 #62BC61 #6190BC #BA61BC

square

#BC8D61 #62BC61 #6190BC #BA61BC

split-complementary

#BC8D61 #61BCBA #6162BC

monochromatic

#725030 #9D6E43 #BC8D61 #CEAC8C #E0CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D61

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D61	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.083 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae8e',
    500: '#bc8d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d61;
$custom-light: #d2ae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.011,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67853,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D61

secondary

#AABDCF

accent

#96D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D61

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

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