#BC8835#BC8835

#BC8835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8835
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 11.87, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 51.87, 76.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.029 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.117 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1878, 28.5591, 7.2900)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8835 #3569BC

analogous

#BC4535 #BC8835 #ADBC35

triadic

#BC8835 #35BC88 #8835BC

tetradic

#BC8835 #35BC45 #3569BC #BC35AD

square

#BC8835 #35BC45 #3569BC #BC35AD

split-complementary

#BC8835 #35ADBC #4535BC

monochromatic

#5D431A #8C6528 #BC8835 #D1A45D #DFBF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8835

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8835	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)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa71',
    500: '#bc8835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8835;
$custom-light: #d5aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6629,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8835

secondary

#849EC9

accent

#83DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8835

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

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