#BC8832#BC8832

#BC8832 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8832
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 11.72, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 53.09, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0282 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.118 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1210, 28.5324, 6.9379)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8832 #3266BC

analogous

#BC4332 #BC8832 #ABBC32

triadic

#BC8832 #32BC88 #8832BC

tetradic

#BC8832 #32BC43 #3266BC #BC32AB

square

#BC8832 #32BC43 #3266BC #BC32AB

split-complementary

#BC8832 #32ABBC #4332BC

monochromatic

#5B4218 #8C6525 #BC8832 #D3A558 #E0BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8832

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8832	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa6f',
    500: '#bc8832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8832;
$custom-light: #d5aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66264,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8832

secondary

#809CC9

accent

#81E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8832

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

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