#BC8B38#BC8B38

#BC8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B38
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 10.38, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 51.03, 78.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.025 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.115 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6874, 29.4445, 7.8077)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B38 #3869BC

analogous

#BC4938 #BC8B38 #ABBC38

triadic

#BC8B38 #38BC8B #8B38BC

tetradic

#BC8B38 #38BC49 #3869BC #BC38AB

square

#BC8B38 #38BC49 #3869BC #BC38AB

split-complementary

#BC8B38 #38ABBC #4938BC

monochromatic

#5E451C #8D682A #BC8B38 #D0A761 #DEC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B38

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B38	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)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bc8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b38;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66909,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B38

secondary

#879FC9

accent

#81DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B38

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

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