#BC8D38#BC8D38

#BC8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D38
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 9.27, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 51.34, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0218 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.116 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9797, 30.0289, 7.9051)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D38 #3867BC

analogous

#BC4B38 #BC8D38 #A9BC38

triadic

#BC8D38 #38BC8D #8D38BC

tetradic

#BC8D38 #38BC4B #3867BC #BC38A9

square

#BC8D38 #38BC4B #3867BC #BC38A9

split-complementary

#BC8D38 #38A9BC #4B38BC

monochromatic

#5E461C #8D6A2A #BC8D38 #D0A961 #DEC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D38

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D38	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae73',
    500: '#bc8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d38;
$custom-light: #d4ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D38

secondary

#879EC9

accent

#7FDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D38

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

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