#BC8F4E#BC8F4E

#BC8F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.099 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F4E
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 9.62, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 41.82, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0258 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.099 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9383, 30.8885, 11.4861)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F4E #4E7BBC

analogous

#BC584E #BC8F4E #B2BC4E

triadic

#BC8F4E #4EBC8F #8F4EBC

tetradic

#BC8F4E #4EBC58 #4E7BBC #BC4EB2

square

#BC8F4E #4EBC58 #4E7BBC #BC4EB2

split-complementary

#BC8F4E #4EB2BC #584EBC

monochromatic

#684E27 #956F38 #BC8F4E #CDAB7A #DEC7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC8F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F4E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F4E	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.099 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af81',
    500: '#bc8f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f4e;
$custom-light: #d3af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67954,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F4E

secondary

#9BAFCB

accent

#88D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F4E

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

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