#BC8B36#BC8B36

#BC8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.116 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B36
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 10.27, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 51.87, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0245 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.116 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6395, 29.4253, 7.5552)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B36 #3667BC

analogous

#BC4836 #BC8B36 #AABC36

triadic

#BC8B36 #36BC8B #8B36BC

tetradic

#BC8B36 #36BC48 #3667BC #BC36AA

square

#BC8B36 #36BC48 #3667BC #BC36AA

split-complementary

#BC8B36 #36AABC #4836BC

monochromatic

#5D451B #8C6828 #BC8B36 #D1A75E #DFC18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B36

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B36	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)

#9E8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.116 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bc8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b36;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66891,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B36

secondary

#859EC9

accent

#80DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B36

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

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