#BC8A33#BC8A33

#BC8A33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A33
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 10.67, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 52.96, 78.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0252 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.118 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4271, 29.1097, 7.1475)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A33 #3365BC

analogous

#BC4633 #BC8A33 #AABC33

triadic

#BC8A33 #33BC8A #8A33BC

tetradic

#BC8A33 #33BC46 #3365BC #BC33AA

square

#BC8A33 #33BC46 #3365BC #BC33AA

split-complementary

#BC8A33 #33AABC #4633BC

monochromatic

#5C4319 #8C6726 #BC8A33 #D2A65A #DFC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A33

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A33	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)

#9D8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bc8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a33;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66667,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A33

secondary

#819CC9

accent

#7FE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A33

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

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