#BC8E53#BC8E53

#BC8E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E53
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 10.58, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 39.33, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0293 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.095 72)
XYZ	xyz(31.9750, 30.6641, 12.4166)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E53 #5381BC

analogous

#BC5953 #BC8E53 #B6BC53

triadic

#BC8E53 #53BC8E #8E53BC

tetradic

#BC8E53 #53BC59 #5381BC #BC53B6

square

#BC8E53 #53BC59 #5381BC #BC53B6

split-complementary

#BC8E53 #53B6BC #5953BC

monochromatic

#6B4E2A #976F3B #BC8E53 #CDAB7F #DEC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BC8E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E53

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E53	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#9E904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af85',
    500: '#bc8e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e53;
$custom-light: #d3af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67826,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.30662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E53

secondary

#9FB3CC

accent

#8CD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E53

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

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