#BC8F4F#BC8F4F

#BC8F4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F4F
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 79)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 9.70, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 41.35, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0262 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.098 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9745, 30.9030, 11.6764)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F4F #4F7CBC

analogous

#BC584F #BC8F4F #B3BC4F

triadic

#BC8F4F #4FBC8F #8F4FBC

tetradic

#BC8F4F #4FBC58 #4F7CBC #BC4FB3

square

#BC8F4F #4FBC58 #4F7CBC #BC4FB3

split-complementary

#BC8F4F #4FB3BC #584FBC

monochromatic

#694E28 #956F39 #BC8F4F #CDAB7B #DEC7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC8F4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F4F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F4F	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#A09149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af82',
    500: '#bc8f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f4f;
$custom-light: #d3af82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67968,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F4F

secondary

#9CAFCB

accent

#89D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F4F

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

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