#BC8239#BC8239

#BC8239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8239
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 57)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 15.40, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 49.58, 71.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0399 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.114 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4622, 26.9545, 7.5212)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8239 #3973BC

analogous

#BC4039 #BC8239 #B4BC39

triadic

#BC8239 #39BC82 #8239BC

tetradic

#BC8239 #39BC40 #3973BC #BC39B4

square

#BC8239 #39BC40 #3973BC #BC39B4

split-complementary

#BC8239 #39B4BC #4039BC

monochromatic

#5E411D #8D622B #BC8239 #D09F63 #DEBC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BC8239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8239

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8239	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)

#968631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a673',
    500: '#bc8239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8239;
$custom-light: #d5a673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.435,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8239

secondary

#88A5C9

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8239

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

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