#BC8533#BC8533

#BC8533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8533
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 13.43, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 52.35, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0333 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.118 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7262, 27.7079, 6.9139)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8533 #336ABC

analogous

#BC4033 #BC8533 #AFBC33

triadic

#BC8533 #33BC85 #8533BC

tetradic

#BC8533 #33BC40 #336ABC #BC33AF

square

#BC8533 #33BC40 #336ABC #BC33AF

split-complementary

#BC8533 #33AFBC #4033BC

monochromatic

#5C4119 #8C6326 #BC8533 #D2A25A #DFBD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC8533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8533

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8533	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)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86f',
    500: '#bc8533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8533;
$custom-light: #d5a86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.912,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8533

secondary

#819EC9

accent

#85E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8533

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

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