#BC8137#BC8137

#BC8137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8137
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 15.85, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 50.35, 71.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0409 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.115 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2810, 26.6702, 7.2194)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8137 #3772BC

analogous

#BC3E37 #BC8137 #B5BC37

triadic

#BC8137 #37BC81 #8137BC

tetradic

#BC8137 #37BC3E #3772BC #BC37B5

square

#BC8137 #37BC3E #3772BC #BC37B5

split-complementary

#BC8137 #37B5BC #3E37BC

monochromatic

#5D401B #8D6129 #BC8137 #D09E60 #DEBB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BC8137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BC8137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8137

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8137	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a571',
    500: '#bc8137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8137;
$custom-light: #d5a571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.383,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64952,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8137

secondary

#86A4C9

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8137

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

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