#BC8F45#BC8F45

#BC8F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F45
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 8.97, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 45.96, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0227 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.106 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6375, 30.7682, 9.9016)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F45 #4572BC

analogous

#BC5345 #BC8F45 #AEBC45

triadic

#BC8F45 #45BC8F #8F45BC

tetradic

#BC8F45 #45BC53 #4572BC #BC45AE

square

#BC8F45 #45BC53 #4572BC #BC45AE

split-complementary

#BC8F45 #45AEBC #5345BC

monochromatic

#634B24 #906D34 #BC8F45 #CCAA72 #DCC59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F45

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F45	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)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7b',
    500: '#bc8f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f45;
$custom-light: #d4af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.311,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67841,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F45

secondary

#94A8C9

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F45

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

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