#BC983A#BC983A

#BC983A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.118 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983A
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 3.37, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 52.69, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0049 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.118 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7328, 33.4554, 8.7356)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983A #3A5EBC

analogous

#BC573A #BC983A #9FBC3A

triadic

#BC983A #3ABC98 #983ABC

tetradic

#BC983A #3ABC57 #3A5EBC #BC3A9F

square

#BC983A #3ABC57 #3A5EBC #BC3A9F

split-complementary

#BC983A #3A9FBC #573ABC

monochromatic

#5E4C1D #8D722C #BC983A #CFB264 #DEC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC983A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983A

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983A	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.118 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b675',
    500: '#bc983a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983a;
$custom-light: #d4b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983A

secondary

#899BC9

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983A

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

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