#BC983E#BC983E

#BC983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983E
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 3.60, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 50.97, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0061 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.115 87)
XYZ	xyz(32.8386, 33.4977, 9.2926)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983E #3E62BC

analogous

#BC593E #BC983E #A1BC3E

triadic

#BC983E #3EBC98 #983EBC

tetradic

#BC983E #3EBC59 #3E62BC #BC3EA1

square

#BC983E #3EBC59 #3E62BC #BC3EA1

split-complementary

#BC983E #3EA1BC #593EBC

monochromatic

#604E20 #8E732F #BC983E #CEB16A #DDC998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983E	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)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b677',
    500: '#bc983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983e;
$custom-light: #d4b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.33496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983E

secondary

#8D9EC9

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983E

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

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