#BC8D3B#BC8D3B

#BC8D3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D3B
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 9.44, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 50.06, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0227 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.113 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0553, 30.0592, 8.3032)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D3B #3B6ABC

analogous

#BC4D3B #BC8D3B #AABC3B

triadic

#BC8D3B #3BBC8D #8D3BBC

tetradic

#BC8D3B #3BBC4D #3B6ABC #BC3BAA

square

#BC8D3B #3BBC4D #3B6ABC #BC3BAA

split-complementary

#BC8D3B #3BAABC #4D3BBC

monochromatic

#5F471E #8D6A2C #BC8D3B #CFA865 #DDC394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC8D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D3B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D3B	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)

#9F8E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae75',
    500: '#bc8d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d3b;
$custom-light: #d4ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67335,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D3B

secondary

#8AA1C9

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D3B

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

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