#BC8830#BC8830

#BC8830 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.120 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8830
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 11.63, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 53.89, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0276 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.12 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0788, 28.5155, 6.7156)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8830 #3064BC

analogous

#BC4230 #BC8830 #AABC30

triadic

#BC8830 #30BC88 #8830BC

tetradic

#BC8830 #30BC42 #3064BC #BC30AA

square

#BC8830 #30BC42 #3064BC #BC30AA

split-complementary

#BC8830 #30AABC #4230BC

monochromatic

#5A4117 #8B6524 #BC8830 #D4A555 #E0BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8830

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8830	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.120 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa6e',
    500: '#bc8830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8830;
$custom-light: #d5aa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66247,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8830

secondary

#7E9ACA

accent

#80E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8830

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

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