#BC8837#BC8837

#BC8837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.115 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8837
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 11.98, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 51.04, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0296 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.115 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2348, 28.5779, 7.5374)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8837 #376BBC

analogous

#BC4537 #BC8837 #AEBC37

triadic

#BC8837 #37BC88 #8837BC

tetradic

#BC8837 #37BC45 #376BBC #BC37AE

square

#BC8837 #37BC45 #376BBC #BC37AE

split-complementary

#BC8837 #37AEBC #4537BC

monochromatic

#5D431B #8D6629 #BC8837 #D0A460 #DEBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC8837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8837

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8837	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.115 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa72',
    500: '#bc8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8837;
$custom-light: #d4aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8837

secondary

#86A0C9

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8837

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

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