#BC8E44#BC8E44

#BC8E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E44
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 9.45, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 46.25, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.024 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.107 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4573, 30.4570, 9.6897)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E44 #4472BC

analogous

#BC5244 #BC8E44 #AEBC44

triadic

#BC8E44 #44BC8E #8E44BC

tetradic

#BC8E44 #44BC52 #4472BC #BC44AE

square

#BC8E44 #44BC52 #4472BC #BC44AE

split-complementary

#BC8E44 #44AEBC #5244BC

monochromatic

#624A23 #8F6C33 #BC8E44 #CCA971 #DCC49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E44

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E44	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)

#A08F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7b',
    500: '#bc8e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e44;
$custom-light: #d4ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67631,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E44

secondary

#93A8C9

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E44

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

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