#BC8F4D#BC8F4D

#BC8F4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F4D
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 77)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 9.55, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 42.28, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0255 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.1 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9028, 30.8743, 11.2988)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F4D #4D7ABC

analogous

#BC584D #BC8F4D #B1BC4D

triadic

#BC8F4D #4DBC8F #8F4DBC

tetradic

#BC8F4D #4DBC58 #4D7ABC #BC4DB1

square

#BC8F4D #4DBC58 #4D7ABC #BC4DB1

split-complementary

#BC8F4D #4DB1BC #584DBC

monochromatic

#684D27 #946F38 #BC8F4D #CDAB79 #DDC7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BC8F4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F4D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F4D	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)

#A09047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af81',
    500: '#bc8f4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f4d;
$custom-light: #d3af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67941,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F4D

secondary

#9AAECB

accent

#88D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F4D

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

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