#BC8C33#BC8C33

#BC8C33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C33
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 9.57, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 53.25, 79.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.022 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.119 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7167, 29.6889, 7.2441)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C33 #3363BC

analogous

#BC4833 #BC8C33 #A8BC33

triadic

#BC8C33 #33BC8C #8C33BC

tetradic

#BC8C33 #33BC48 #3363BC #BC33A8

square

#BC8C33 #33BC48 #3363BC #BC33A8

split-complementary

#BC8C33 #33A8BC #4833BC

monochromatic

#5C4419 #8C6826 #BC8C33 #D2A85A #DFC18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C33

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C33	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)

#9F8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad70',
    500: '#bc8c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c33;
$custom-light: #d5ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67063,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C33

secondary

#819BC9

accent

#7DE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C33

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

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