#BC8E43#BC8E43

#BC8E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.108 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E43
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 9.38, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 46.70, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0236 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.108 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4270, 30.4448, 9.5303)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E43 #4371BC

analogous

#BC5143 #BC8E43 #AEBC43

triadic

#BC8E43 #43BC8E #8E43BC

tetradic

#BC8E43 #43BC51 #4371BC #BC43AE

square

#BC8E43 #43BC51 #4371BC #BC43AE

split-complementary

#BC8E43 #43AEBC #5143BC

monochromatic

#624A23 #8F6C33 #BC8E43 #CCA970 #DCC49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E43

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E43	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)

#A08F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.108 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7a',
    500: '#bc8e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e43;
$custom-light: #d4ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.19,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67619,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E43

secondary

#92A7C9

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E43

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

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