#BC8534#BC8534

#BC8534 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8534
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 13.48, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 51.94, 74.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0336 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.117 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7485, 27.7168, 7.0313)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8534 #346BBC

analogous

#BC4134 #BC8534 #AFBC34

triadic

#BC8534 #34BC85 #8534BC

tetradic

#BC8534 #34BC41 #346BBC #BC34AF

square

#BC8534 #34BC41 #346BBC #BC34AF

split-complementary

#BC8534 #34AFBC #4134BC

monochromatic

#5C4119 #8C6327 #BC8534 #D2A25B #DFBD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC8534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8534

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8534	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)

#99882A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a870',
    500: '#bc8534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8534;
$custom-light: #d5a870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65695,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8534

secondary

#839FC9

accent

#85E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8534

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

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