#BC8631#BC8631

#BC8631 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8631
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 12.78, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 53.26, 76.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0311 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.119 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8206, 27.9658, 6.7325)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8631 #3167BC

analogous

#BC4131 #BC8631 #ADBC31

triadic

#BC8631 #31BC86 #8631BC

tetradic

#BC8631 #31BC41 #3167BC #BC31AD

square

#BC8631 #31BC41 #3167BC #BC31AD

split-complementary

#BC8631 #31ADBC #4131BC

monochromatic

#5B4118 #8B6324 #BC8631 #D3A357 #E0BE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC8631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8631

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8631	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96e',
    500: '#bc8631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8631;
$custom-light: #d5a96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65864,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8631

secondary

#7F9CCA

accent

#83E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8631

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

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