#BC8A34#BC8A34

#BC8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A34
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 10.72, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 52.55, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0255 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.118 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4494, 29.1186, 7.2649)
Luminance	0.2912 (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

#BC8A34 #3466BC

analogous

#BC4634 #BC8A34 #AABC34

triadic

#BC8A34 #34BC8A #8A34BC

tetradic

#BC8A34 #34BC46 #3466BC #BC34AA

square

#BC8A34 #34BC46 #3466BC #BC34AA

split-complementary

#BC8A34 #34AABC #4634BC

monochromatic

#5C4419 #8C6727 #BC8A34 #D2A65B #DFC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A34

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A34	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)

#9D8C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bc8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a34;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66675,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A34

secondary

#839DC9

accent

#80E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A34

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

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