#BC8B39#BC8B39

#BC8B39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.114 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B39
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 10.43, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 50.61, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0253 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.114 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7121, 29.4543, 7.9378)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B39 #396ABC

analogous

#BC4939 #BC8B39 #ABBC39

triadic

#BC8B39 #39BC8B #8B39BC

tetradic

#BC8B39 #39BC49 #396ABC #BC39AB

square

#BC8B39 #39BC49 #396ABC #BC39AB

split-complementary

#BC8B39 #39ABBC #4939BC

monochromatic

#5E461D #8D682B #BC8B39 #D0A763 #DEC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B39

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B39	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)

#9E8D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.114 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bc8b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b39;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66919,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B39

secondary

#88A0C9

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B39

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

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