#BC8936#BC8936

#BC8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8936
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 11.37, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 51.59, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0277 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.116 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3526, 28.8514, 7.4596)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8936 #3669BC

analogous

#BC4636 #BC8936 #ACBC36

triadic

#BC8936 #36BC89 #8936BC

tetradic

#BC8936 #36BC46 #3669BC #BC36AC

square

#BC8936 #36BC46 #3669BC #BC36AC

split-complementary

#BC8936 #36ACBC #4636BC

monochromatic

#5D441B #8C6628 #BC8936 #D1A55E #DFC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8936

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8936	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)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab71',
    500: '#bc8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8936;
$custom-light: #d5ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66496,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8936

secondary

#859FC9

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8936

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

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