#BC8E4A#BC8E4A

#BC8E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E4A
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 9.87, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 43.51, 76.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.026 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.102 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6498, 30.5340, 10.7039)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E4A #4A78BC

analogous

#BC554A #BC8E4A #B1BC4A

triadic

#BC8E4A #4ABC8E #8E4ABC

tetradic

#BC8E4A #4ABC55 #4A78BC #BC4AB1

square

#BC8E4A #4ABC55 #4A78BC #BC4AB1

split-complementary

#BC8E4A #4AB1BC #554ABC

monochromatic

#664C26 #936D36 #BC8E4A #CDAA77 #DDC6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC8E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E4A

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E4A	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7e',
    500: '#bc8e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e4a;
$custom-light: #d3af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67703,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E4A

secondary

#98ACCA

accent

#87D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E4A

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

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