#BC8C38#BC8C38

#BC8C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.115 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C38
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 9.82, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 51.18, 78.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0234 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.115 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8329, 29.7354, 7.8562)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C38 #3868BC

analogous

#BC4A38 #BC8C38 #AABC38

triadic

#BC8C38 #38BC8C #8C38BC

tetradic

#BC8C38 #38BC4A #3868BC #BC38AA

square

#BC8C38 #38BC4A #3868BC #BC38AA

split-complementary

#BC8C38 #38AABC #4A38BC

monochromatic

#5E461C #8D692A #BC8C38 #D0A861 #DEC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C38

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C38	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.115 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad73',
    500: '#bc8c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c38;
$custom-light: #d4ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67108,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C38

secondary

#879FC9

accent

#80DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C38

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

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