#BC8831#BC8831

#BC8831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.119 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8831
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 11.68, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 53.49, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0279 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.119 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0996, 28.5238, 6.8255)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8831 #3165BC

analogous

#BC4331 #BC8831 #ABBC31

triadic

#BC8831 #31BC88 #8831BC

tetradic

#BC8831 #31BC43 #3165BC #BC31AB

square

#BC8831 #31BC43 #3165BC #BC31AB

split-complementary

#BC8831 #31ABBC #4331BC

monochromatic

#5B4218 #8B6524 #BC8831 #D3A557 #E0BF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8831

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8831	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)

#9B8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.119 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa6e',
    500: '#bc8831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8831;
$custom-light: #d5aa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8831

secondary

#7F9BCA

accent

#80E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8831

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

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