#BC8633#BC8633

#BC8633 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8633
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 12.88, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 52.45, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0317 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.118 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8637, 27.9830, 6.9597)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8633 #3369BC

analogous

#BC4133 #BC8633 #AEBC33

triadic

#BC8633 #33BC86 #8633BC

tetradic

#BC8633 #33BC41 #3369BC #BC33AE

square

#BC8633 #33BC41 #3369BC #BC33AE

split-complementary

#BC8633 #33AEBC #4133BC

monochromatic

#5C4119 #8C6426 #BC8633 #D2A35A #DFBE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8633 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BC8633 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8633

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8633	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8633	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8633;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96f',
    500: '#bc8633',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8633;
$custom-light: #d5a96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8633",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65881,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8633

secondary

#819EC9

accent

#84E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8633

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

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