#BC8D36#BC8D36

#BC8D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.117 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D36
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 9.17, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 52.18, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.0212 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.117 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9317, 30.0098, 7.6526)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D36 #3665BC

analogous

#BC4A36 #BC8D36 #A8BC36

triadic

#BC8D36 #36BC8D #8D36BC

tetradic

#BC8D36 #36BC4A #3665BC #BC36A8

square

#BC8D36 #36BC4A #3665BC #BC36A8

split-complementary

#BC8D36 #36A8BC #4A36BC

monochromatic

#5D461B #8C6928 #BC8D36 #D1A95E #DFC28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D36

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D36	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)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.117 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bc8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d36;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67288,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D36

secondary

#859DC9

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D36

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

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