#BC8F41#BC8F41

#BC8F41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F41
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 8.70, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 47.77, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0214 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.11 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5175, 30.7202, 9.2696)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F41 #416EBC

analogous

#BC5241 #BC8F41 #ACBC41

triadic

#BC8F41 #41BC8F #8F41BC

tetradic

#BC8F41 #41BC52 #416EBC #BC41AC

square

#BC8F41 #41BC52 #416EBC #BC41AC

split-complementary

#BC8F41 #41ACBC #5241BC

monochromatic

#614A22 #8F6C31 #BC8F41 #CDAA6E #DCC49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC8F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F41

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F41	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)

#A19039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af79',
    500: '#bc8f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f41;
$custom-light: #d4af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F41

secondary

#90A5C9

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F41

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

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