#BC8D73#BC8D73

#BC8D73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.068 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D73
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 14.37, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 25.29, 55.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0438 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.068 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3596, 30.9809, 20.4391)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D73 #73A2BC

analogous

#BC737E #BC8D73 #BCB273

triadic

#BC8D73 #73BC8D #8D73BC

tetradic

#BC8D73 #7EBC73 #73A2BC #B273BC

square

#BC8D73 #7EBC73 #73A2BC #B273BC

split-complementary

#BC8D73 #73BCB2 #737EBC

monochromatic

#7A513A #A46D4E #BC8D73 #D0AF9C #E4D0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D73

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D73	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.068 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae9b',
    500: '#bc8d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d73;
$custom-light: #d2ae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.37,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68204,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D73

secondary

#B7C9D4

accent

#A4CB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D73

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

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