#BC8E52#BC8E52

#BC8E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E52
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 82)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 10.49, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 39.80, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0289 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.095 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9367, 30.6487, 12.2147)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E52 #5280BC

analogous

#BC5952 #BC8E52 #B5BC52

triadic

#BC8E52 #52BC8E #8E52BC

tetradic

#BC8E52 #52BC59 #5280BC #BC52B5

square

#BC8E52 #52BC59 #5280BC #BC52B5

split-complementary

#BC8E52 #52B5BC #5952BC

monochromatic

#6A4E29 #976E3A #BC8E52 #CDAB7E #DEC8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BC8E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E52

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E52	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af84',
    500: '#bc8e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e52;
$custom-light: #d3af84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.962,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E52

secondary

#9EB2CC

accent

#8BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E52

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

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