#BC8531#BC8531

#BC8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8531
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 13.33, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 53.15, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0327 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.119 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.6830, 27.6906, 6.6866)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8531 #3168BC

analogous

#BC4031 #BC8531 #AEBC31

triadic

#BC8531 #31BC85 #8531BC

tetradic

#BC8531 #31BC40 #3168BC #BC31AE

square

#BC8531 #31BC40 #3168BC #BC31AE

split-complementary

#BC8531 #31AEBC #4031BC

monochromatic

#5B4018 #8B6324 #BC8531 #D3A257 #E0BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8531

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8531	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86e',
    500: '#bc8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8531;
$custom-light: #d5a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65669,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.27688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8531

secondary

#7F9DCA

accent

#84E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8531

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

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