#BC8E46#BC8E46

#BC8E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.105 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E46
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 9.59, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 45.34, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0246 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.105 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5193, 30.4818, 10.0166)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E46 #4674BC

analogous

#BC5346 #BC8E46 #AFBC46

triadic

#BC8E46 #46BC8E #8E46BC

tetradic

#BC8E46 #46BC53 #4674BC #BC46AF

square

#BC8E46 #46BC53 #4674BC #BC46AF

split-complementary

#BC8E46 #46AFBC #5346BC

monochromatic

#644B24 #906D34 #BC8E46 #CCA973 #DDC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E46

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E46	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.105 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7c',
    500: '#bc8e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e46;
$custom-light: #d4ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E46

secondary

#95A9C9

accent

#85D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E46

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

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