#BC8730#BC8730

#BC8730 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.120 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8730
RGBrgb(188, 135, 48)
HSLhsl(37, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(37, 74%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.10, 12.18, 52.37)
CIE-LCHlch(60.10, 53.77, 76.91°)
OKLaboklab(66.05% 0.0292 0.1159)
OKLCHoklch(66.05% 0.12 75.8)
XYZxyz(29.9386, 28.2351, 6.6689)
Luminance0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8730 #3065BC
analogous
#BC4130 #BC8730 #ABBC30
triadic
#BC8730 #30BC87 #8730BC
tetradic
#BC8730 #30BC41 #3065BC #BC30AB
square
#BC8730 #30BC41 #3065BC #BC30AB
split-complementary
#BC8730 #30ABBC #4130BC
monochromatic
#5A4117 #8B6424 #BC8730 #D4A455 #E0BE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16
#BC8730 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65
#BC8730 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8730
6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8730#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC87301.003.166.656.65
#FFFFFF3.161.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6521.001.001.00
##0000006.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79633
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD7975
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.120 75.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96e',
    500: '#bc8730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8730;
$custom-light: #d5a96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66051,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8730
secondary
#7E9BCA
accent
#81E345
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EC
border
#D4CEC7
text
#150F07
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8730

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#BC8730 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva