#BC8138#BC8138

#BC8138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8138
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 15.90, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 49.93, 71.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0412 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.114 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3052, 26.6799, 7.3469)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8138 #3873BC

analogous

#BC3F38 #BC8138 #B5BC38

triadic

#BC8138 #38BC81 #8138BC

tetradic

#BC8138 #38BC3F #3873BC #BC38B5

square

#BC8138 #38BC3F #3873BC #BC38B5

split-complementary

#BC8138 #38B5BC #3F38BC

monochromatic

#5E401C #8D612A #BC8138 #D09E61 #DEBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BC8138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#BC8138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8138

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8138	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a572',
    500: '#bc8138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8138;
$custom-light: #d5a572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64962,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8138

secondary

#87A4C9

accent

#8CDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8138

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

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