#BC8F4A#BC8F4A

#BC8F4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.102 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F4A
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 74)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 9.32, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 43.67, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0244 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.102 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7993, 30.8329, 10.7537)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F4A #4A77BC

analogous

#BC564A #BC8F4A #B0BC4A

triadic

#BC8F4A #4ABC8F #8F4ABC

tetradic

#BC8F4A #4ABC56 #4A77BC #BC4AB0

square

#BC8F4A #4ABC56 #4A77BC #BC4AB0

split-complementary

#BC8F4A #4AB0BC #564ABC

monochromatic

#664D26 #936E36 #BC8F4A #CDAB77 #DDC6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BC8F4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F4A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F4A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.102 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7f',
    500: '#bc8f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f4a;
$custom-light: #d3af7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67902,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F4A

secondary

#98ACCA

accent

#86D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F4A

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

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