#BC8833#BC8833

#BC8833 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8833
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 11.77, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 52.69, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0284 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.118 76)
XYZ	xyz(30.1428, 28.5411, 7.0528)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8833 #3367BC

analogous

#BC4333 #BC8833 #ACBC33

triadic

#BC8833 #33BC88 #8833BC

tetradic

#BC8833 #33BC43 #3367BC #BC33AC

square

#BC8833 #33BC43 #3367BC #BC33AC

split-complementary

#BC8833 #33ACBC #4333BC

monochromatic

#5C4219 #8C6526 #BC8833 #D2A55A #DFBF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8833

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8833	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)

#9B8A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa70',
    500: '#bc8833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8833;
$custom-light: #d5aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66273,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.28539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8833

secondary

#819DC9

accent

#81E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8833

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

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