#BC8934#BC8934

#BC8934 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8934
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 11.27, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 52.41, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0271 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.117 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3066, 28.8330, 7.2173)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8934 #3467BC

analogous

#BC4534 #BC8934 #ABBC34

triadic

#BC8934 #34BC89 #8934BC

tetradic

#BC8934 #34BC45 #3467BC #BC34AB

square

#BC8934 #34BC45 #3467BC #BC34AB

split-complementary

#BC8934 #34ABBC #4534BC

monochromatic

#5C4319 #8C6627 #BC8934 #D2A55B #DFC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8934

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8934	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab70',
    500: '#bc8934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8934;
$custom-light: #d5ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66478,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8934

secondary

#839DC9

accent

#81E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8934

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

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