#BC8639#BC8639

#BC8639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8639
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 13.19, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 49.96, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0334 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.114 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0047, 28.0394, 7.7020)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8639 #396FBC

analogous

#BC4439 #BC8639 #B0BC39

triadic

#BC8639 #39BC86 #8639BC

tetradic

#BC8639 #39BC44 #396FBC #BC39B0

square

#BC8639 #39BC44 #396FBC #BC39B0

split-complementary

#BC8639 #39B0BC #4439BC

monochromatic

#5E431D #8D652B #BC8639 #D0A363 #DEBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC8639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC8639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8639

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8639	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)

#998930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bc8639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8639;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65937,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8639

secondary

#88A3C9

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8639

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

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