#BC8D35#BC8D35

#BC8D35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D35
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 9.12, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 52.59, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.021 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.118 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9085, 30.0005, 7.5302)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D35 #3564BC

analogous

#BC4935 #BC8D35 #A8BC35

triadic

#BC8D35 #35BC8D #8D35BC

tetradic

#BC8D35 #35BC49 #3564BC #BC35A8

square

#BC8D35 #35BC49 #3564BC #BC35A8

split-complementary

#BC8D35 #35A8BC #4935BC

monochromatic

#5D451A #8C6928 #BC8D35 #D1A95D #DFC28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D35

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D35	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae71',
    500: '#bc8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d35;
$custom-light: #d4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6728,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D35

secondary

#849CC9

accent

#7DDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D35

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

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