#BC8538#BC8538

#BC8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8538
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 13.69, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 50.28, 74.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0347 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.114 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8424, 27.7544, 7.5260)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8538 #386FBC

analogous

#BC4338 #BC8538 #B1BC38

triadic

#BC8538 #38BC85 #8538BC

tetradic

#BC8538 #38BC43 #386FBC #BC38B1

square

#BC8538 #38BC43 #386FBC #BC38B1

split-complementary

#BC8538 #38B1BC #4338BC

monochromatic

#5E421C #8D642A #BC8538 #D0A261 #DEBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8538

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8538	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)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a872',
    500: '#bc8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8538;
$custom-light: #d5a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8538

secondary

#87A2C9

accent

#88DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8538

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

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