#BC8E42#BC8E42

#BC8E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.109 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E42
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 9.32, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 47.15, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0233 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.109 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3973, 30.4330, 9.3737)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E42 #4270BC

analogous

#BC5142 #BC8E42 #ADBC42

triadic

#BC8E42 #42BC8E #8E42BC

tetradic

#BC8E42 #42BC51 #4270BC #BC42AD

square

#BC8E42 #42BC51 #4270BC #BC42AD

split-complementary

#BC8E42 #42ADBC #5142BC

monochromatic

#614A22 #8F6C32 #BC8E42 #CCA96F #DCC49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E42

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E42	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)

#A08F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.109 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae79',
    500: '#bc8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e42;
$custom-light: #d4ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67608,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E42

secondary

#91A6C9

accent

#83D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E42

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

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