#BC8336#BC8336

#BC8336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8336
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 14.69, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 50.92, 73.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0374 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.116 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5233, 27.1928, 7.1831)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8336 #366FBC

analogous

#BC4036 #BC8336 #B2BC36

triadic

#BC8336 #36BC83 #8336BC

tetradic

#BC8336 #36BC40 #366FBC #BC36B2

square

#BC8336 #36BC40 #366FBC #BC36B2

split-complementary

#BC8336 #36B2BC #4036BC

monochromatic

#5D411B #8C6228 #BC8336 #D1A05E #DFBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC8336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8336

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8336	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)

#97862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a771',
    500: '#bc8336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8336;
$custom-light: #d5a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65326,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8336

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#89DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8336

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

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