#BC8F47#BC8F47

#BC8F47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.105 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F47
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 71)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 9.11, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 45.05, 78.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0234 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.105 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7006, 30.7934, 10.2341)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F47 #4774BC

analogous

#BC5447 #BC8F47 #AFBC47

triadic

#BC8F47 #47BC8F #8F47BC

tetradic

#BC8F47 #47BC54 #4774BC #BC47AF

square

#BC8F47 #47BC54 #4774BC #BC47AF

split-complementary

#BC8F47 #47AFBC #5447BC

monochromatic

#644C24 #916E35 #BC8F47 #CCAA74 #DDC6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC8F47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F47

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F47	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)

#A09040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.105 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7d',
    500: '#bc8f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f47;
$custom-light: #d4af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67865,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F47

secondary

#95A9C9

accent

#85D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F47

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

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