#BC8B32#BC8B32

#BC8B32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.119 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B32
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 10.07, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 53.50, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0233 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.119 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5494, 29.3892, 7.0807)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B32 #3263BC

analogous

#BC4632 #BC8B32 #A8BC32

triadic

#BC8B32 #32BC8B #8B32BC

tetradic

#BC8B32 #32BC46 #3263BC #BC32A8

square

#BC8B32 #32BC46 #3263BC #BC32A8

split-complementary

#BC8B32 #32A8BC #4632BC

monochromatic

#5B4418 #8C6725 #BC8B32 #D3A758 #E0C189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B32

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B32	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.119 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bc8b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b32;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66856,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B32

secondary

#809AC9

accent

#7DE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B32

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

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