#BC8A35#BC8A35

#BC8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A35
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 10.77, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 52.14, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0258 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.117 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4721, 29.1277, 7.3848)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A35 #3567BC

analogous

#BC4735 #BC8A35 #ABBC35

triadic

#BC8A35 #35BC8A #8A35BC

tetradic

#BC8A35 #35BC47 #3567BC #BC35AB

square

#BC8A35 #35BC47 #3567BC #BC35AB

split-complementary

#BC8A35 #35ABBC #4735BC

monochromatic

#5D441A #8C6728 #BC8A35 #D1A65D #DFC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A35

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A35	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)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac71',
    500: '#bc8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a35;
$custom-light: #d5ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A35

secondary

#849DC9

accent

#80DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A35

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

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