#BC8539#BC8539

#BC8539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8539
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 13.74, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 49.86, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.035 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.114 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8671, 27.7643, 7.6561)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8539 #3970BC

analogous

#BC4339 #BC8539 #B1BC39

triadic

#BC8539 #39BC85 #8539BC

tetradic

#BC8539 #39BC43 #3970BC #BC39B1

square

#BC8539 #39BC43 #3970BC #BC39B1

split-complementary

#BC8539 #39B1BC #4339BC

monochromatic

#5E431D #8D642B #BC8539 #D0A263 #DEBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8539

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8539	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a873',
    500: '#bc8539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8539;
$custom-light: #d5a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8539

secondary

#88A3C9

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8539

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

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