#BC8A32#BC8A32

#BC8A32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A32
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 10.62, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 53.36, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.025 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.119 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4053, 29.1010, 7.0327)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A32 #3264BC

analogous

#BC4532 #BC8A32 #A9BC32

triadic

#BC8A32 #32BC8A #8A32BC

tetradic

#BC8A32 #32BC45 #3264BC #BC32A9

square

#BC8A32 #32BC45 #3264BC #BC32A9

split-complementary

#BC8A32 #32A9BC #4532BC

monochromatic

#5B4318 #8C6725 #BC8A32 #D3A658 #E0C089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A32

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A32	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bc8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a32;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66658,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A32

secondary

#809BC9

accent

#7FE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A32

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

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