#BC8A3B#BC8A3B

#BC8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A3B
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 11.09, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 49.61, 77.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0275 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.113 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6189, 29.1864, 8.1577)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A3B #3B6DBC

analogous

#BC493B #BC8A3B #ADBC3B

triadic

#BC8A3B #3BBC8A #8A3BBC

tetradic

#BC8A3B #3BBC49 #3B6DBC #BC3BAD

square

#BC8A3B #3BBC49 #3B6DBC #BC3BAD

split-complementary

#BC8A3B #3BADBC #493BBC

monochromatic

#5F461E #8D682C #BC8A3B #CFA665 #DDC194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A3B

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A3B	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac75',
    500: '#bc8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a3b;
$custom-light: #d4ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A3B

secondary

#8AA2C9

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A3B

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

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