#BC8E35#BC8E35

#BC8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.118 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E35
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 8.57, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 52.75, 80.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0194 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.118 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0566, 30.2967, 7.5796)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E35 #3563BC

analogous

#BC4B35 #BC8E35 #A6BC35

triadic

#BC8E35 #35BC8E #8E35BC

tetradic

#BC8E35 #35BC4B #3563BC #BC35A6

square

#BC8E35 #35BC4B #3563BC #BC35A6

split-complementary

#BC8E35 #35A6BC #4B35BC

monochromatic

#5D461A #8C6A28 #BC8E35 #D1AA5D #DFC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E35

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E35	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.118 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae71',
    500: '#bc8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e35;
$custom-light: #d4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67479,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E35

secondary

#849BC9

accent

#7CDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E35

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

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