#BC8937#BC8937

#BC8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8937
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 11.42, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 51.17, 77.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.028 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.115 76)
XYZ	xyz(30.3763, 28.8609, 7.5845)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8937 #376ABC

analogous

#BC4637 #BC8937 #ADBC37

triadic

#BC8937 #37BC89 #8937BC

tetradic

#BC8937 #37BC46 #376ABC #BC37AD

square

#BC8937 #37BC46 #376ABC #BC37AD

split-complementary

#BC8937 #37ADBC #4637BC

monochromatic

#5D441B #8D6629 #BC8937 #D0A560 #DEC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8937

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8937	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab72',
    500: '#bc8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8937;
$custom-light: #d4ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66505,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.28859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8937

secondary

#86A0C9

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8937

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

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