#BC8933#BC8933

#BC8933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8933
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 11.22, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 52.82, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0268 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.118 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2843, 28.8241, 7.0999)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8933 #3366BC

analogous

#BC4433 #BC8933 #ABBC33

triadic

#BC8933 #33BC89 #8933BC

tetradic

#BC8933 #33BC44 #3366BC #BC33AB

square

#BC8933 #33BC44 #3366BC #BC33AB

split-complementary

#BC8933 #33ABBC #4433BC

monochromatic

#5C4319 #8C6626 #BC8933 #D2A55A #DFC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8933

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8933	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab70',
    500: '#bc8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8933;
$custom-light: #d5ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66469,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8933

secondary

#819CC9

accent

#80E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8933

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

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