#BC8B3A#BC8B3A

#BC8B3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.114 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3A
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 10.49, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 50.18, 77.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0256 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.114 77)
XYZ	xyz(30.7373, 29.4644, 8.0705)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3A #3A6BBC

analogous

#BC4A3A #BC8B3A #ACBC3A

triadic

#BC8B3A #3ABC8B #8B3ABC

tetradic

#BC8B3A #3ABC4A #3A6BBC #BC3AAC

square

#BC8B3A #3ABC4A #3A6BBC #BC3AAC

split-complementary

#BC8B3A #3AACBC #4A3ABC

monochromatic

#5E461D #8D682C #BC8B3A #CFA764 #DEC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3A

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3A	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)

#9E8D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.114 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac74',
    500: '#bc8b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3a;
$custom-light: #d4ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66929,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.29462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3A

secondary

#89A1C9

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3A

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

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