#BC8436#BC8436

#BC8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8436
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 14.13, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 51.02, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0358 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.116 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.6582, 27.4627, 7.2281)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8436 #366EBC

analogous

#BC4136 #BC8436 #B1BC36

triadic

#BC8436 #36BC84 #8436BC

tetradic

#BC8436 #36BC41 #366EBC #BC36B1

square

#BC8436 #36BC41 #366EBC #BC36B1

split-complementary

#BC8436 #36B1BC #4136BC

monochromatic

#5D411B #8C6328 #BC8436 #D1A15E #DFBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8436

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8436	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#98872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a771',
    500: '#bc8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8436;
$custom-light: #d5a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8436

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8436

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

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