#BC8439#BC8439

#BC8439 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.114 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8439
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 14.30, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 49.76, 73.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0367 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.114 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7309, 27.4918, 7.6107)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8439 #3971BC

analogous

#BC4239 #BC8439 #B2BC39

triadic

#BC8439 #39BC84 #8439BC

tetradic

#BC8439 #39BC42 #3971BC #BC39B2

square

#BC8439 #39BC42 #3971BC #BC39B2

split-complementary

#BC8439 #39B2BC #4239BC

monochromatic

#5E421D #8D632B #BC8439 #D0A163 #DEBD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC8439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8439

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8439	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)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.114 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a773',
    500: '#bc8439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8439;
$custom-light: #d5a773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65549,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8439

secondary

#88A4C9

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8439

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

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