#BC8E48#BC8E48

#BC8E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E48
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 9.73, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 44.43, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0253 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.104 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5835, 30.5075, 10.3547)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E48 #4876BC

analogous

#BC5448 #BC8E48 #B0BC48

triadic

#BC8E48 #48BC8E #8E48BC

tetradic

#BC8E48 #48BC54 #4876BC #BC48B0

square

#BC8E48 #48BC54 #4876BC #BC48B0

split-complementary

#BC8E48 #48B0BC #5448BC

monochromatic

#654B25 #926D35 #BC8E48 #CCAA75 #DDC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E48

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E48	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)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7d',
    500: '#bc8e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e48;
$custom-light: #d3ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67678,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E48

secondary

#96ABCA

accent

#86D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E48

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

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