#BC983D#BC983D

#BC983D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983D
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 3.54, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 51.41, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0058 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.116 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8114, 33.4868, 9.1494)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983D #3D61BC

analogous

#BC593D #BC983D #A1BC3D

triadic

#BC983D #3DBC98 #983DBC

tetradic

#BC983D #3DBC59 #3D61BC #BC3DA1

square

#BC983D #3DBC59 #3D61BC #BC3DA1

split-complementary

#BC983D #3DA1BC #593DBC

monochromatic

#604D1F #8E732E #BC983D #CEB168 #DDC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983D

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983D	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b677',
    500: '#bc983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983d;
$custom-light: #d4b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983D

secondary

#8C9DC9

accent

#75DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983D

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

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