#BC8A36#BC8A36

#BC8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A36
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 10.82, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 51.72, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0261 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.116 77)
XYZ	xyz(30.4954, 29.1370, 7.5072)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A36 #3668BC

analogous

#BC4736 #BC8A36 #ABBC36

triadic

#BC8A36 #36BC8A #8A36BC

tetradic

#BC8A36 #36BC47 #3668BC #BC36AB

square

#BC8A36 #36BC47 #3668BC #BC36AB

split-complementary

#BC8A36 #36ABBC #4736BC

monochromatic

#5D441B #8C6728 #BC8A36 #D1A65E #DFC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BC8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A36

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A36	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bc8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a36;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66693,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.29135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A36

secondary

#859EC9

accent

#81DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A36

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

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