#BC8935#BC8935

#BC8935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8935
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 11.32, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 52.00, 77.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0274 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.117 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3293, 28.8421, 7.3372)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8935 #3568BC

analogous

#BC4535 #BC8935 #ACBC35

triadic

#BC8935 #35BC89 #8935BC

tetradic

#BC8935 #35BC45 #3568BC #BC35AC

square

#BC8935 #35BC45 #3568BC #BC35AC

split-complementary

#BC8935 #35ACBC #4535BC

monochromatic

#5D431A #8C6628 #BC8935 #D1A55D #DFC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8935

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8935	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)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab71',
    500: '#bc8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8935;
$custom-light: #d5ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66487,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8935

secondary

#849EC9

accent

#81DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8935

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

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