#BC8E47#BC8E47

#BC8E47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.105 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E47
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 71)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 9.66, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 44.88, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.025 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.105 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5512, 30.4945, 10.1843)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E47 #4775BC

analogous

#BC5347 #BC8E47 #B0BC47

triadic

#BC8E47 #47BC8E #8E47BC

tetradic

#BC8E47 #47BC53 #4775BC #BC47B0

square

#BC8E47 #47BC53 #4775BC #BC47B0

split-complementary

#BC8E47 #47B0BC #5347BC

monochromatic

#644B24 #916D35 #BC8E47 #CCAA74 #DDC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E47

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E47	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)

#9F8F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.105 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7d',
    500: '#bc8e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e47;
$custom-light: #d4ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E47

secondary

#95AAC9

accent

#86D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E47

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

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