#BC8834#BC8834

#BC8834 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8834
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 11.82, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 52.28, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0287 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1651, 28.5500, 7.1701)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8834 #3468BC

analogous

#BC4434 #BC8834 #ACBC34

triadic

#BC8834 #34BC88 #8834BC

tetradic

#BC8834 #34BC44 #3468BC #BC34AC

square

#BC8834 #34BC44 #3468BC #BC34AC

split-complementary

#BC8834 #34ACBC #4434BC

monochromatic

#5C4319 #8C6527 #BC8834 #D2A55B #DFBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8834

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8834	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)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa70',
    500: '#bc8834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8834;
$custom-light: #d5aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66281,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8834

secondary

#839EC9

accent

#82E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8834

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

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