#BC8F43#BC8F43

#BC8F43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F43
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 8.83, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 46.87, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.022 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.108 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5764, 30.7437, 9.5801)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F43 #4370BC

analogous

#BC5343 #BC8F43 #ACBC43

triadic

#BC8F43 #43BC8F #8F43BC

tetradic

#BC8F43 #43BC53 #4370BC #BC43AC

square

#BC8F43 #43BC53 #4370BC #BC43AC

split-complementary

#BC8F43 #43ACBC #5343BC

monochromatic

#624A23 #8F6D33 #BC8F43 #CCAA70 #DCC59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F43

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F43	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7a',
    500: '#bc8f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f43;
$custom-light: #d4af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.686,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F43

secondary

#92A6C9

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F43

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

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