#BC8F46#BC8F46

#BC8F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F46
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 9.04, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 45.51, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.023 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.106 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6688, 30.7807, 10.0664)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F46 #4673BC

analogous

#BC5446 #BC8F46 #AEBC46

triadic

#BC8F46 #46BC8F #8F46BC

tetradic

#BC8F46 #46BC54 #4673BC #BC46AE

square

#BC8F46 #46BC54 #4673BC #BC46AE

split-complementary

#BC8F46 #46AEBC #5446BC

monochromatic

#644B24 #906D34 #BC8F46 #CCAA73 #DDC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC8F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F46

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F46	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7c',
    500: '#bc8f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f46;
$custom-light: #d4af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67853,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F46

secondary

#95A9C9

accent

#84D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F46

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

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