#BC8435#BC8435

#BC8435 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8435
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 14.08, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 51.43, 74.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0355 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.116 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6350, 27.4534, 7.1057)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8435 #356DBC

analogous

#BC4035 #BC8435 #B1BC35

triadic

#BC8435 #35BC84 #8435BC

tetradic

#BC8435 #35BC40 #356DBC #BC35B1

square

#BC8435 #35BC40 #356DBC #BC35B1

split-complementary

#BC8435 #35B1BC #4035BC

monochromatic

#5D411A #8C6228 #BC8435 #D1A15D #DFBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC8435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC8435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8435

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8435	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)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a770',
    500: '#bc8435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8435;
$custom-light: #d5a770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6551,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8435

secondary

#84A0C9

accent

#87DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8435

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

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