#BC8636#BC8636

#BC8636 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.116 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8636
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 13.03, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 51.22, 75.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.0325 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.116 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9320, 28.0103, 7.3194)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8636 #366CBC

analogous

#BC4336 #BC8636 #AFBC36

triadic

#BC8636 #36BC86 #8636BC

tetradic

#BC8636 #36BC43 #366CBC #BC36AF

square

#BC8636 #36BC43 #366CBC #BC36AF

split-complementary

#BC8636 #36AFBC #4336BC

monochromatic

#5D421B #8C6428 #BC8636 #D1A35E #DFBE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BC8636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8636

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8636	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)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.116 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bc8636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8636;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65908,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8636

secondary

#85A0C9

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8636

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

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