#BC8F40#BC8F40

#BC8F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F40
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 8.64, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 48.21, 79.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.021 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.11 79)
XYZ	xyz(31.4888, 30.7087, 9.1184)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F40 #406DBC

analogous

#BC5140 #BC8F40 #ABBC40

triadic

#BC8F40 #40BC8F #8F40BC

tetradic

#BC8F40 #40BC51 #406DBC #BC40AB

square

#BC8F40 #40BC51 #406DBC #BC40AB

split-complementary

#BC8F40 #40ABBC #5140BC

monochromatic

#614A21 #8E6C30 #BC8F40 #CDAA6C #DDC49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC8F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F40

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F40	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af78',
    500: '#bc8f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f40;
$custom-light: #d4af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.30706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F40

secondary

#8FA4C9

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F40

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

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