#BC8D70#BC8D70

#BC8D70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.070 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D70
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 112)
HSL	hsl(23, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 14.02, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 26.43, 57.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0425 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.07 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1897, 30.9130, 19.5447)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D70 #709FBC

analogous

#BC7079 #BC8D70 #BCB370

triadic

#BC8D70 #70BC8D #8D70BC

tetradic

#BC8D70 #79BC70 #709FBC #B370BC

square

#BC8D70 #79BC70 #709FBC #B370BC

split-complementary

#BC8D70 #70BCB3 #7079BC

monochromatic

#795139 #A36D4C #BC8D70 #D0AE9A #E3CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC8D70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D70

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D70	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A916E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.070 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae99',
    500: '#bc8d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d70;
$custom-light: #d2ae99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.895,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68141,
    "c": 0.07045,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D70

secondary

#B5C7D3

accent

#A1CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D70

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

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