#BC8536#BC8536

#BC8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.116 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8536
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 13.58, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 51.12, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0341 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.116 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7945, 27.7352, 7.2736)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8536 #366DBC

analogous

#BC4236 #BC8536 #B0BC36

triadic

#BC8536 #36BC85 #8536BC

tetradic

#BC8536 #36BC42 #366DBC #BC36B0

square

#BC8536 #36BC42 #366DBC #BC36B0

split-complementary

#BC8536 #36B0BC #4236BC

monochromatic

#5D421B #8C6328 #BC8536 #D1A25E #DFBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8536

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8536	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.116 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a871',
    500: '#bc8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8536;
$custom-light: #d5a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65714,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8536

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#87DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8536

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

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