#BC8335#BC8335

#BC8335 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8335
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 14.63, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 51.34, 73.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0371 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.116 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5000, 27.1835, 7.0607)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8335 #356EBC

analogous

#BC4035 #BC8335 #B2BC35

triadic

#BC8335 #35BC83 #8335BC

tetradic

#BC8335 #35BC40 #356EBC #BC35B2

square

#BC8335 #35BC40 #356EBC #BC35B2

split-complementary

#BC8335 #35B2BC #4035BC

monochromatic

#5D401A #8C6228 #BC8335 #D1A05D #DFBC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC8335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8335

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8335	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a770',
    500: '#bc8335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8335;
$custom-light: #d5a770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65317,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8335

secondary

#84A1C9

accent

#88DF48

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8335

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

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