#BC8237#BC8237

#BC8237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8237
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 15.29, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 50.42, 72.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0393 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.115 70)
XYZ	xyz(29.4133, 26.9350, 7.2636)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8237 #3771BC

analogous

#BC4037 #BC8237 #B3BC37

triadic

#BC8237 #37BC82 #8237BC

tetradic

#BC8237 #37BC40 #3771BC #BC37B3

square

#BC8237 #37BC40 #3771BC #BC37B3

split-complementary

#BC8237 #37B3BC #4037BC

monochromatic

#5D411B #8D6129 #BC8237 #D09F60 #DEBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BC8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8237

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8237	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a672',
    500: '#bc8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8237;
$custom-light: #d5a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.835,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.26932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8237

secondary

#86A3C9

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8237

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

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