#BC8938#BC8938

#BC8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8938
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 11.48, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 50.75, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0283 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.115 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4005, 28.8706, 7.7121)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8938 #386BBC

analogous

#BC4738 #BC8938 #ADBC38

triadic

#BC8938 #38BC89 #8938BC

tetradic

#BC8938 #38BC47 #386BBC #BC38AD

square

#BC8938 #38BC47 #386BBC #BC38AD

split-complementary

#BC8938 #38ADBC #4738BC

monochromatic

#5E441C #8D672A #BC8938 #D0A561 #DEC090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8938

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8938	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab73',
    500: '#bc8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8938;
$custom-light: #d4ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8938

secondary

#87A0C9

accent

#83DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8938

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

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