#BC8B35#BC8B35

#BC8B35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B35
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 10.22, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 52.28, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0242 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.117 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6163, 29.4160, 7.4328)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B35 #3566BC

analogous

#BC4735 #BC8B35 #AABC35

triadic

#BC8B35 #35BC8B #8B35BC

tetradic

#BC8B35 #35BC47 #3566BC #BC35AA

square

#BC8B35 #35BC47 #3566BC #BC35AA

split-complementary

#BC8B35 #35AABC #4735BC

monochromatic

#5D441A #8C6828 #BC8B35 #D1A75D #DFC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B35

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B35	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)

#9E8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac71',
    500: '#bc8b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b35;
$custom-light: #d4ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66882,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B35

secondary

#849DC9

accent

#7FDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B35

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

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