#BC8E4F#BC8E4F

#BC8E4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E4F
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 79)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 10.25, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 41.19, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0278 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.098 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8250, 30.6041, 11.6266)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E4F #4F7DBC

analogous

#BC584F #BC8E4F #B3BC4F

triadic

#BC8E4F #4FBC8E #8E4FBC

tetradic

#BC8E4F #4FBC58 #4F7DBC #BC4FB3

square

#BC8E4F #4FBC58 #4F7DBC #BC4FB3

split-complementary

#BC8E4F #4FB3BC #584FBC

monochromatic

#694D28 #956E39 #BC8E4F #CDAA7B #DEC7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E4F

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E4F	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)

#9F9049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af82',
    500: '#bc8e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e4f;
$custom-light: #d3af82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.679,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E4F

secondary

#9CB0CB

accent

#8AD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E4F

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

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