#BC8537#BC8537

#BC8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8537
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 13.63, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 50.70, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0344 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.115 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8182, 27.7447, 7.3985)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8537 #376EBC

analogous

#BC4237 #BC8537 #B1BC37

triadic

#BC8537 #37BC85 #8537BC

tetradic

#BC8537 #37BC42 #376EBC #BC37B1

square

#BC8537 #37BC42 #376EBC #BC37B1

split-complementary

#BC8537 #37B1BC #4237BC

monochromatic

#5D421B #8D6429 #BC8537 #D0A260 #DEBE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8537

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8537	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)

#98882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a872',
    500: '#bc8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8537;
$custom-light: #d5a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65723,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8537

secondary

#86A2C9

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8537

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

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