#BC8C32#BC8C32

#BC8C32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C32
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 9.52, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 53.65, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0217 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.119 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6949, 29.6802, 7.1292)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C32 #3262BC

analogous

#BC4732 #BC8C32 #A7BC32

triadic

#BC8C32 #32BC8C #8C32BC

tetradic

#BC8C32 #32BC47 #3262BC #BC32A7

square

#BC8C32 #32BC47 #3262BC #BC32A7

split-complementary

#BC8C32 #32A7BC #4732BC

monochromatic

#5B4418 #8C6825 #BC8C32 #D3A858 #E0C189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C32

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C32	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6f',
    500: '#bc8c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c32;
$custom-light: #d5ad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67055,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C32

secondary

#809AC9

accent

#7CE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C32

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

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