#BC8337#BC8337

#BC8337 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.115 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8337
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 14.74, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 50.51, 73.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0377 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.115 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5470, 27.2023, 7.3081)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8337 #3770BC

analogous

#BC4137 #BC8337 #B2BC37

triadic

#BC8337 #37BC83 #8337BC

tetradic

#BC8337 #37BC41 #3770BC #BC37B2

square

#BC8337 #37BC41 #3770BC #BC37B2

split-complementary

#BC8337 #37B2BC #4137BC

monochromatic

#5D411B #8D6229 #BC8337 #D0A060 #DEBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC8337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8337

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8337	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)

#97862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.115 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bc8337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8337;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8337

secondary

#86A3C9

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8337

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

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