#BC8A3A#BC8A3A

#BC8A3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.114 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3A
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 11.04, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 50.04, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0272 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.114 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5932, 29.1762, 8.0224)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A3A #3A6CBC

analogous

#BC493A #BC8A3A #ADBC3A

triadic

#BC8A3A #3ABC8A #8A3ABC

tetradic

#BC8A3A #3ABC49 #3A6CBC #BC3AAD

square

#BC8A3A #3ABC49 #3A6CBC #BC3AAD

split-complementary

#BC8A3A #3AADBC #493ABC

monochromatic

#5E451D #8D682C #BC8A3A #CFA664 #DEC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BC8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3A	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)

#9D8C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.114 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac74',
    500: '#bc8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3a;
$custom-light: #d4ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66731,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3A

secondary

#89A2C9

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3A

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

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