#BC8A37#BC8A37

#BC8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A37
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 10.87, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 51.31, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0263 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.116 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5191, 29.1465, 7.6321)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A37 #3769BC

analogous

#BC4837 #BC8A37 #ABBC37

triadic

#BC8A37 #37BC8A #8A37BC

tetradic

#BC8A37 #37BC48 #3769BC #BC37AB

square

#BC8A37 #37BC48 #3769BC #BC37AB

split-complementary

#BC8A37 #37ABBC #4837BC

monochromatic

#5D441B #8D6729 #BC8A37 #D0A660 #DEC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BC8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A37

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A37	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bc8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a37;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66702,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A37

secondary

#869FC9

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A37

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

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