#BC8333#BC8333

#BC8333 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8333
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 14.53, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 52.15, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0365 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.117 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4550, 27.1655, 6.8235)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8333 #336CBC

analogous

#BC3E33 #BC8333 #B1BC33

triadic

#BC8333 #33BC83 #8333BC

tetradic

#BC8333 #33BC3E #336CBC #BC33B1

square

#BC8333 #33BC3E #336CBC #BC33B1

split-complementary

#BC8333 #33B1BC #3E33BC

monochromatic

#5C4019 #8C6126 #BC8333 #D2A05A #DFBC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BC8333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8333

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8333	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76f',
    500: '#bc8333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8333;
$custom-light: #d5a76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65299,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8333

secondary

#819FC9

accent

#87E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8333

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

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