#BC8B37#BC8B37

#BC8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B37
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 10.32, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 51.45, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0247 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6632, 29.4348, 7.6802)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B37 #3768BC

analogous

#BC4937 #BC8B37 #AABC37

triadic

#BC8B37 #37BC8B #8B37BC

tetradic

#BC8B37 #37BC49 #3768BC #BC37AA

square

#BC8B37 #37BC49 #3768BC #BC37AA

split-complementary

#BC8B37 #37AABC #4937BC

monochromatic

#5D451B #8D6829 #BC8B37 #D0A760 #DEC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B37

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B37	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bc8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b37;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.669,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B37

secondary

#869FC9

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B37

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

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