#BC8739#BC8739

#BC8739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.114 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8739
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 12.64, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 50.08, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0318 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.114 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1435, 28.3171, 7.7483)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8739 #396EBC

analogous

#BC4539 #BC8739 #AFBC39

triadic

#BC8739 #39BC87 #8739BC

tetradic

#BC8739 #39BC45 #396EBC #BC39AF

square

#BC8739 #39BC45 #396EBC #BC39AF

split-complementary

#BC8739 #39AFBC #4539BC

monochromatic

#5E441D #8D652B #BC8739 #D0A363 #DEBF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC8739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8739

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8739	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)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.114 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bc8739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8739;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66132,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8739

secondary

#88A2C9

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8739

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

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