#BC8338#BC8338

#BC8338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.114 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8338
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 14.79, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 50.09, 72.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.038 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.114 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5712, 27.2120, 7.4356)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8338 #3871BC

analogous

#BC4138 #BC8338 #B3BC38

triadic

#BC8338 #38BC83 #8338BC

tetradic

#BC8338 #38BC41 #3871BC #BC38B3

square

#BC8338 #38BC41 #3871BC #BC38B3

split-complementary

#BC8338 #38B3BC #4138BC

monochromatic

#5E411C #8D622A #BC8338 #D0A061 #DEBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8338

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8338	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)

#97862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.114 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bc8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8338;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65346,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8338

secondary

#87A3C9

accent

#8ADD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8338

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

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