#BC8637#BC8637

#BC8637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8637
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 13.08, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 50.81, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0328 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.115 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9558, 28.0198, 7.4444)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8637 #376DBC

analogous

#BC4337 #BC8637 #B0BC37

triadic

#BC8637 #37BC86 #8637BC

tetradic

#BC8637 #37BC43 #376DBC #BC37B0

square

#BC8637 #37BC43 #376DBC #BC37B0

split-complementary

#BC8637 #37B0BC #4337BC

monochromatic

#5D431B #8D6429 #BC8637 #D0A360 #DEBE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BC8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8637

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8637	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)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bc8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8637;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65918,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8637

secondary

#86A1C9

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8637

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

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