#BC8A38#BC8A38

#BC8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A38
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 10.93, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 50.89, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0266 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5433, 29.1562, 7.7597)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A38 #386ABC

analogous

#BC4838 #BC8A38 #ACBC38

triadic

#BC8A38 #38BC8A #8A38BC

tetradic

#BC8A38 #38BC48 #386ABC #BC38AC

square

#BC8A38 #38BC48 #386ABC #BC38AC

split-complementary

#BC8A38 #38ACBC #4838BC

monochromatic

#5E451C #8D672A #BC8A38 #D0A661 #DEC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BC8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A38

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A38	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bc8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a38;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66712,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A38

secondary

#87A0C9

accent

#82DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A38

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

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