#BC8735#BC8735

#BC8735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.116 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8735
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 12.42, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 51.75, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0306 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.116 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0476, 28.2788, 7.2433)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8735 #356ABC

analogous

#BC4335 #BC8735 #AEBC35

triadic

#BC8735 #35BC87 #8735BC

tetradic

#BC8735 #35BC43 #356ABC #BC35AE

square

#BC8735 #35BC43 #356ABC #BC35AE

split-complementary

#BC8735 #35AEBC #4335BC

monochromatic

#5D421A #8C6528 #BC8735 #D1A45D #DFBF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8735

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8735	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.116 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bc8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8735;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66094,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8735

secondary

#849FC9

accent

#84DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8735

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

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