#BC8C35#BC8C35

#BC8C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C35
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 9.67, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 52.43, 79.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0226 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.117 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7617, 29.7069, 7.4813)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C35 #3565BC

analogous

#BC4935 #BC8C35 #A8BC35

triadic

#BC8C35 #35BC8C #8C35BC

tetradic

#BC8C35 #35BC49 #3565BC #BC35A8

square

#BC8C35 #35BC49 #3565BC #BC35A8

split-complementary

#BC8C35 #35A8BC #4935BC

monochromatic

#5D451A #8C6828 #BC8C35 #D1A85D #DFC28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BC8C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C35

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C35	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)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad71',
    500: '#bc8c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c35;
$custom-light: #d4ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6708,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C35

secondary

#849CC9

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C35

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

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