#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
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 48)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 12.18, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 53.77, 76.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0292 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.12 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9386, 28.2351, 6.6689)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##BC8730	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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