#BC8235#BC8235

#BC8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8235
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 15.19, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 51.25, 72.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0387 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.116 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3664, 26.9162, 7.0162)
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

#BC8235 #356FBC

analogous

#BC3E35 #BC8235 #B3BC35

triadic

#BC8235 #35BC82 #8235BC

tetradic

#BC8235 #35BC3E #356FBC #BC35B3

square

#BC8235 #35BC3E #356FBC #BC35B3

split-complementary

#BC8235 #35B3BC #3E35BC

monochromatic

#5D401A #8C6128 #BC8235 #D19F5D #DFBB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BC8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8235

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8235	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)

#96862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a670',
    500: '#bc8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8235;
$custom-light: #d5a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8235

secondary

#84A2C9

accent

#89DF48

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8235

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

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