#BC8836#BC8836

#BC8836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8836
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 11.92, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 51.46, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0293 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.116 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2111, 28.5684, 7.4124)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8836 #366ABC

analogous

#BC4536 #BC8836 #ADBC36

triadic

#BC8836 #36BC88 #8836BC

tetradic

#BC8836 #36BC45 #366ABC #BC36AD

square

#BC8836 #36BC45 #366ABC #BC36AD

split-complementary

#BC8836 #36ADBC #4536BC

monochromatic

#5D431B #8C6628 #BC8836 #D1A45E #DFBF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8836

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8836	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)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa71',
    500: '#bc8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8836;
$custom-light: #d5aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66299,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8836

secondary

#859FC9

accent

#83DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8836

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

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