#BC8F53#BC8F53

#BC8F53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.095 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F53
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 83)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 10.03, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 39.48, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0277 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.095 73)
XYZ	xyz(32.1245, 30.9630, 12.4664)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F53 #5380BC

analogous

#BC5A53 #BC8F53 #B4BC53

triadic

#BC8F53 #53BC8F #8F53BC

tetradic

#BC8F53 #53BC5A #5380BC #BC53B4

square

#BC8F53 #53BC5A #5380BC #BC53B4

split-complementary

#BC8F53 #53B4BC #5A53BC

monochromatic

#6B4F2A #976F3B #BC8F53 #CDAC7F #DEC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BC8F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F53

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F53	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)

#9F914E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.095 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af85',
    500: '#bc8f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f53;
$custom-light: #d3af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68024,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.30961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F53

secondary

#9FB2CC

accent

#8BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F53

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

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