#BC8038#BC8038

#BC8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8038
RGB	rgb(188, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 16.45, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 49.86, 70.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0429 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.115 68)
XYZ	xyz(29.1741, 26.4178, 7.3033)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8038 #3874BC

analogous

#BC3E38 #BC8038 #B6BC38

triadic

#BC8038 #38BC80 #8038BC

tetradic

#BC8038 #38BC3E #3874BC #BC38B6

square

#BC8038 #38BC3E #3874BC #BC38B6

split-complementary

#BC8038 #38B6BC #3E38BC

monochromatic

#5E401C #8D602A #BC8038 #D09E61 #DEBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#BC8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#BC8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8038

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8038	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a472',
    500: '#bc8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8038;
$custom-light: #d5a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64771,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.26415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8038

secondary

#87A5C9

accent

#8DDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8038

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

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