#BC8638#BC8638

#BC8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8638
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 13.14, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 50.39, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0331 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.114 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9800, 28.0295, 7.5719)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8638 #386EBC

analogous

#BC4438 #BC8638 #B0BC38

triadic

#BC8638 #38BC86 #8638BC

tetradic

#BC8638 #38BC44 #386EBC #BC38B0

square

#BC8638 #38BC44 #386EBC #BC38B0

split-complementary

#BC8638 #38B0BC #4438BC

monochromatic

#5E431C #8D642A #BC8638 #D0A361 #DEBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8638

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8638	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bc8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8638;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8638

secondary

#87A2C9

accent

#87DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8638

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →