#BC8B3B#BC8B3B

#BC8B3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3B
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 10.54, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 49.75, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0259 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.113 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7630, 29.4747, 8.2058)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3B #3B6CBC

analogous

#BC4A3B #BC8B3B #ACBC3B

triadic

#BC8B3B #3BBC8B #8B3BBC

tetradic

#BC8B3B #3BBC4A #3B6CBC #BC3BAC

square

#BC8B3B #3BBC4A #3B6CBC #BC3BAC

split-complementary

#BC8B3B #3BACBC #4A3BBC

monochromatic

#5F461E #8D692C #BC8B3B #CFA765 #DDC294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3B	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)

#9D8D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac75',
    500: '#bc8b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3b;
$custom-light: #d4ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.209,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66939,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3B

secondary

#8AA2C9

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3B

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

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