#BC8238#BC8238

#BC8238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8238
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 15.35, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 50.01, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0396 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.114 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4375, 26.9447, 7.3911)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8238 #3872BC

analogous

#BC4038 #BC8238 #B4BC38

triadic

#BC8238 #38BC82 #8238BC

tetradic

#BC8238 #38BC40 #3872BC #BC38B4

square

#BC8238 #38BC40 #3872BC #BC38B4

split-complementary

#BC8238 #38B4BC #4038BC

monochromatic

#5E411C #8D612A #BC8238 #D09F61 #DEBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BC8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8238

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8238	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)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a672',
    500: '#bc8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8238;
$custom-light: #d5a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65153,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8238

secondary

#87A4C9

accent

#8BDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8238

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

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