#BC8738#BC8738

#BC8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8738
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 12.58, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 50.50, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0315 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.115 74)
XYZ	xyz(30.1188, 28.3072, 7.6182)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8738 #386DBC

analogous

#BC4538 #BC8738 #AFBC38

triadic

#BC8738 #38BC87 #8738BC

tetradic

#BC8738 #38BC45 #386DBC #BC38AF

square

#BC8738 #38BC45 #386DBC #BC38AF

split-complementary

#BC8738 #38AFBC #4538BC

monochromatic

#5E431C #8D652A #BC8738 #D0A461 #DEBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8738

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8738	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)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bc8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8738;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66122,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.28305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8738

secondary

#87A1C9

accent

#85DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8738

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

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