#BC8E4E#BC8E4E

#BC8E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.099 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E4E
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 10.17, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 41.66, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0275 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.099 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7889, 30.5896, 11.4363)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E4E #4E7CBC

analogous

#BC574E #BC8E4E #B3BC4E

triadic

#BC8E4E #4EBC8E #8E4EBC

tetradic

#BC8E4E #4EBC57 #4E7CBC #BC4EB3

square

#BC8E4E #4EBC57 #4E7CBC #BC4EB3

split-complementary

#BC8E4E #4EB3BC #574EBC

monochromatic

#684D27 #956E38 #BC8E4E #CDAA7A #DEC7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E4E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E4E	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.099 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af81',
    500: '#bc8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e4e;
$custom-light: #d3af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67756,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E4E

secondary

#9BAFCB

accent

#89D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E4E

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

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