#BC8D37#BC8D37

#BC8D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D37
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 9.22, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 51.76, 79.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0215 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.116 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9555, 30.0193, 7.7776)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D37 #3766BC

analogous

#BC4A37 #BC8D37 #A9BC37

triadic

#BC8D37 #37BC8D #8D37BC

tetradic

#BC8D37 #37BC4A #3766BC #BC37A9

square

#BC8D37 #37BC4A #3766BC #BC37A9

split-complementary

#BC8D37 #37A9BC #4A37BC

monochromatic

#5D461B #8D6929 #BC8D37 #D0A960 #DEC28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BC8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D37

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D37	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)

#A08E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bc8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d37;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67297,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D37

secondary

#869EC9

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D37

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

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