#BC8B3C#BC8B3C

#BC8B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B3C
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 10.60, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 49.32, 77.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0262 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.112 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7892, 29.4852, 8.3437)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B3C #3C6DBC

analogous

#BC4B3C #BC8B3C #ADBC3C

triadic

#BC8B3C #3CBC8B #8B3CBC

tetradic

#BC8B3C #3CBC4B #3C6DBC #BC3CAD

square

#BC8B3C #3CBC4B #3C6DBC #BC3CAD

split-complementary

#BC8B3C #3CADBC #4B3CBC

monochromatic

#5F461E #8E692D #BC8B3C #CEA767 #DDC295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BC8B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B3C

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B3C	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac75',
    500: '#bc8b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b3c;
$custom-light: #d4ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66949,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B3C

secondary

#8BA3C9

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B3C

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

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