#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
RGBrgb(188, 136, 52)
HSLhsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSVhsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.38, 11.82, 50.93)
CIE-LCHlch(60.38, 52.28, 76.93°)
OKLaboklab(66.28% 0.0287 0.1136)
OKLCHoklch(66.28% 0.117 75.8)
XYZxyz(30.1651, 28.5500, 7.1701)
Luminance0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BC88341.003.136.716.71
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7121.001.001.00
##0000006.7121.001.001.00

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

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#BC8834 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva