#BC8434#BC8434

#BC8434 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8434
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 52)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 14.03, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 51.84, 74.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0352 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.117 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6122, 27.4443, 6.9858)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8434 #346CBC

analogous

#BC4034 #BC8434 #B0BC34

triadic

#BC8434 #34BC84 #8434BC

tetradic

#BC8434 #34BC40 #346CBC #BC34B0

square

#BC8434 #34BC40 #346CBC #BC34B0

split-complementary

#BC8434 #34B0BC #4034BC

monochromatic

#5C4119 #8C6227 #BC8434 #D2A15B #DFBD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC8434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC8434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8434

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8434	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a770',
    500: '#bc8434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8434;
$custom-light: #d5a770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65501,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8434

secondary

#83A0C9

accent

#86E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8434

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

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