#BC8F51#BC8F51

#BC8F51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F51
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 9.86, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 40.42, 75.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0269 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.096 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0484, 30.9325, 12.0656)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F51 #517EBC

analogous

#BC5951 #BC8F51 #B4BC51

triadic

#BC8F51 #51BC8F #8F51BC

tetradic

#BC8F51 #51BC59 #517EBC #BC51B4

square

#BC8F51 #51BC59 #517EBC #BC51B4

split-complementary

#BC8F51 #51B4BC #5951BC

monochromatic

#6A4E29 #966F3A #BC8F51 #CDAB7D #DEC8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BC8F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F51

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F51	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F914C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af83',
    500: '#bc8f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f51;
$custom-light: #d3af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.766,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F51

secondary

#9DB1CC

accent

#8AD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F51

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

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