#BC8F48#BC8F48

#BC8F48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F48
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 9.18, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 44.59, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0237 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.104 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7330, 30.8064, 10.4045)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F48 #4875BC

analogous

#BC5548 #BC8F48 #AFBC48

triadic

#BC8F48 #48BC8F #8F48BC

tetradic

#BC8F48 #48BC55 #4875BC #BC48AF

square

#BC8F48 #48BC55 #4875BC #BC48AF

split-complementary

#BC8F48 #48AFBC #5548BC

monochromatic

#654C25 #926E35 #BC8F48 #CCAA75 #DDC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC8F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F48

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F48	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)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7d',
    500: '#bc8f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f48;
$custom-light: #d3af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67877,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F48

secondary

#96AACA

accent

#85D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F48

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

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