#BC983B#BC983B

#BC983B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983B
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 3.42, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 52.27, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0052 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.118 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7585, 33.4657, 8.8709)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983B #3B5FBC

analogous

#BC573B #BC983B #9FBC3B

triadic

#BC983B #3BBC98 #983BBC

tetradic

#BC983B #3BBC57 #3B5FBC #BC3B9F

square

#BC983B #3BBC57 #3B5FBC #BC3B9F

split-complementary

#BC983B #3B9FBC #573BBC

monochromatic

#5F4D1E #8D722C #BC983B #CFB165 #DDC994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983B	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)

#A9972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b676',
    500: '#bc983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983b;
$custom-light: #d4b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983B

secondary

#8A9CC9

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983B

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

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