#BC983C#BC983C

#BC983C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983C
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 3.48, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 51.84, 86.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0055 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.117 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7847, 33.4761, 9.0088)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983C #3C60BC

analogous

#BC583C #BC983C #A0BC3C

triadic

#BC983C #3CBC98 #983CBC

tetradic

#BC983C #3CBC58 #3C60BC #BC3CA0

square

#BC983C #3CBC58 #3C60BC #BC3CA0

split-complementary

#BC983C #3CA0BC #583CBC

monochromatic

#5F4D1E #8E722D #BC983C #CEB167 #DDC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983C

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983C	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)

#A99731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b676',
    500: '#bc983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983c;
$custom-light: #d4b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983C

secondary

#8B9CC9

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983C

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

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