#BC983F#BC983F

#BC983F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC983F
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 3.66, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 50.53, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0064 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.115 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8663, 33.5088, 9.4384)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC983F #3F63BC

analogous

#BC5A3F #BC983F #A2BC3F

triadic

#BC983F #3FBC98 #983FBC

tetradic

#BC983F #3FBC5A #3F63BC #BC3FA2

square

#BC983F #3FBC5A #3F63BC #BC3FA2

split-complementary

#BC983F #3FA2BC #5A3FBC

monochromatic

#604E20 #8E7330 #BC983F #CDB16B #DDC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC983F

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC983F	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)

#A99735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b678',
    500: '#bc983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc983f;
$custom-light: #d4b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69597,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC983F

secondary

#8E9FC9

accent

#76D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC983F

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

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