#BC8E36#BC8E36

#BC8E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E36
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 8.62, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 52.34, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0196 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.117 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0799, 30.3060, 7.7020)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E36 #3664BC

analogous

#BC4B36 #BC8E36 #A7BC36

triadic

#BC8E36 #36BC8E #8E36BC

tetradic

#BC8E36 #36BC4B #3664BC #BC36A7

square

#BC8E36 #36BC4B #3664BC #BC36A7

split-complementary

#BC8E36 #36A7BC #4B36BC

monochromatic

#5D461B #8C6A28 #BC8E36 #D1AA5E #DFC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E36

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E36	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A08F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bc8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e36;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67488,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E36

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E36

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

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