#BC8B34#BC8B34

#BC8B34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.118 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B34
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 10.17, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 52.69, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0239 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.118 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5935, 29.4069, 7.3129)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B34 #3465BC

analogous

#BC4734 #BC8B34 #A9BC34

triadic

#BC8B34 #34BC8B #8B34BC

tetradic

#BC8B34 #34BC47 #3465BC #BC34A9

square

#BC8B34 #34BC47 #3465BC #BC34A9

split-complementary

#BC8B34 #34A9BC #4734BC

monochromatic

#5C4419 #8C6827 #BC8B34 #D2A75B #DFC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B34

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B34	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)

#9E8C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.118 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bc8b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b34;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66873,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B34

secondary

#839CC9

accent

#7FE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B34

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

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