#BC8438#BC8438

#BC8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.114 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8438
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 14.24, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 50.18, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0364 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.114 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7061, 27.4819, 7.4806)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8438 #3870BC

analogous

#BC4238 #BC8438 #B2BC38

triadic

#BC8438 #38BC84 #8438BC

tetradic

#BC8438 #38BC42 #3870BC #BC38B2

square

#BC8438 #38BC42 #3870BC #BC38B2

split-complementary

#BC8438 #38B2BC #4238BC

monochromatic

#5E421C #8D632A #BC8438 #D0A161 #DEBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8438

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8438	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.114 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bc8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8438;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65539,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8438

secondary

#87A3C9

accent

#89DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8438

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

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