#BC8437#BC8437

#BC8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8437
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 14.19, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 50.60, 73.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0361 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.115 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6819, 27.4722, 7.3531)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8437 #376FBC

analogous

#BC4137 #BC8437 #B1BC37

triadic

#BC8437 #37BC84 #8437BC

tetradic

#BC8437 #37BC41 #376FBC #BC37B1

square

#BC8437 #37BC41 #376FBC #BC37B1

split-complementary

#BC8437 #37B1BC #4137BC

monochromatic

#5D421B #8D6329 #BC8437 #D0A160 #DEBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8437

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8437	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)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bc8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8437;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65529,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8437

secondary

#86A2C9

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8437

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

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