#BC8737#BC8737

#BC8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8737
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 12.53, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 50.92, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0312 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.115 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0946, 28.2976, 7.4906)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8737 #376CBC

analogous

#BC4437 #BC8737 #AFBC37

triadic

#BC8737 #37BC87 #8737BC

tetradic

#BC8737 #37BC44 #376CBC #BC37AF

square

#BC8737 #37BC44 #376CBC #BC37AF

split-complementary

#BC8737 #37AFBC #4437BC

monochromatic

#5D431B #8D6529 #BC8737 #D0A460 #DEBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8737

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8737	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bc8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8737;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8737

secondary

#86A1C9

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8737

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

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