#BC8F49#BC8F49

#BC8F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.103 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F49
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 9.25, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 44.13, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.024 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.103 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7659, 30.8195, 10.5777)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F49 #4976BC

analogous

#BC5549 #BC8F49 #AFBC49

triadic

#BC8F49 #49BC8F #8F49BC

tetradic

#BC8F49 #49BC55 #4976BC #BC49AF

square

#BC8F49 #49BC55 #4976BC #BC49AF

split-complementary

#BC8F49 #49AFBC #5549BC

monochromatic

#654C25 #926E36 #BC8F49 #CCAB76 #DDC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC8F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F49

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F49	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)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.103 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7e',
    500: '#bc8f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f49;
$custom-light: #d3af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6789,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F49

secondary

#97ABCA

accent

#86D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F49

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

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