#BC8838#BC8838

#BC8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.115 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8838
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 12.03, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 50.62, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0299 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.115 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2590, 28.5876, 7.6649)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8838 #386CBC

analogous

#BC4638 #BC8838 #AEBC38

triadic

#BC8838 #38BC88 #8838BC

tetradic

#BC8838 #38BC46 #386CBC #BC38AE

square

#BC8838 #38BC46 #386CBC #BC38AE

split-complementary

#BC8838 #38AEBC #4638BC

monochromatic

#5E441C #8D662A #BC8838 #D0A461 #DEBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8838

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8838	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)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.115 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa73',
    500: '#bc8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8838;
$custom-light: #d4aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66318,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8838

secondary

#87A1C9

accent

#84DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8838

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

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