#BC8233#BC8233

#BC8233 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8233
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 15.09, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 52.07, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0381 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.117 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3213, 26.8982, 6.7789)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8233 #336DBC

analogous

#BC3E33 #BC8233 #B1BC33

triadic

#BC8233 #33BC82 #8233BC

tetradic

#BC8233 #33BC3E #336DBC #BC33B1

square

#BC8233 #33BC3E #336DBC #BC33B1

split-complementary

#BC8233 #33B1BC #3E33BC

monochromatic

#5C3F19 #8C6126 #BC8233 #D29F5A #DFBB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BC8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8233

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8233	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66f',
    500: '#bc8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8233;
$custom-light: #d5a66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.599,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8233

secondary

#81A0C9

accent

#88E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8233

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

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