#BC8234#BC8234

#BC8234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8234
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 52)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 15.14, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 51.66, 72.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0384 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.117 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3436, 26.9071, 6.8963)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8234 #346EBC

analogous

#BC3E34 #BC8234 #B2BC34

triadic

#BC8234 #34BC82 #8234BC

tetradic

#BC8234 #34BC3E #346EBC #BC34B2

square

#BC8234 #34BC3E #346EBC #BC34B2

split-complementary

#BC8234 #34B2BC #3E34BC

monochromatic

#5C4019 #8C6127 #BC8234 #D29F5B #DFBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BC8234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8234

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8234	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)

#96862A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a670',
    500: '#bc8234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8234;
$custom-light: #d5a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65115,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8234

secondary

#83A1C9

accent

#89E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8234

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

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