#BC8839#BC8839

#BC8839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8839
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 12.09, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 50.20, 76.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0302 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.114 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2837, 28.5975, 7.7950)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8839 #396DBC

analogous

#BC4639 #BC8839 #AEBC39

triadic

#BC8839 #39BC88 #8839BC

tetradic

#BC8839 #39BC46 #396DBC #BC39AE

square

#BC8839 #39BC46 #396DBC #BC39AE

split-complementary

#BC8839 #39AEBC #4639BC

monochromatic

#5E441D #8D662B #BC8839 #D0A463 #DEC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC8839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8839

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8839	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)

#9B8A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa73',
    500: '#bc8839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8839;
$custom-light: #d4aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66328,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8839

secondary

#88A2C9

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8839

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

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