#BC8F39#BC8F39

#BC8F39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F39
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 8.23, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 51.25, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0189 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.115 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3019, 30.6339, 8.1344)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F39 #3966BC

analogous

#BC4D39 #BC8F39 #A7BC39

triadic

#BC8F39 #39BC8F #8F39BC

tetradic

#BC8F39 #39BC4D #3966BC #BC39A7

square

#BC8F39 #39BC4D #3966BC #BC39A7

split-complementary

#BC8F39 #39A7BC #4D39BC

monochromatic

#5E481D #8D6B2B #BC8F39 #D0AA63 #DEC492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BC8F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F39

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F39	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)

#A1902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af74',
    500: '#bc8f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f39;
$custom-light: #d4af74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.389,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67715,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F39

secondary

#889EC9

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F39

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

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