#BC8E49#BC8E49

#BC8E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E49
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 9.80, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 43.97, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0257 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.103 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6164, 30.5206, 10.5279)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E49 #4977BC

analogous

#BC5449 #BC8E49 #B0BC49

triadic

#BC8E49 #49BC8E #8E49BC

tetradic

#BC8E49 #49BC54 #4977BC #BC49B0

square

#BC8E49 #49BC54 #4977BC #BC49B0

split-complementary

#BC8E49 #49B0BC #5449BC

monochromatic

#654C25 #926D36 #BC8E49 #CCAA76 #DDC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E49

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E49	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)

#9F9042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7e',
    500: '#bc8e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e49;
$custom-light: #d3af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67691,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E49

secondary

#97ABCA

accent

#87D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E49

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

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