#BC8E37#BC8E37

#BC8E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E37
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 8.67, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 51.92, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0199 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.116 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1036, 30.3155, 7.8270)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E37 #3765BC

analogous

#BC4B37 #BC8E37 #A8BC37

triadic

#BC8E37 #37BC8E #8E37BC

tetradic

#BC8E37 #37BC4B #3765BC #BC37A8

square

#BC8E37 #37BC4B #3765BC #BC37A8

split-complementary

#BC8E37 #37A8BC #4B37BC

monochromatic

#5D461B #8D6A29 #BC8E37 #D0A960 #DEC38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E37

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E37	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)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bc8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e37;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67497,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E37

secondary

#869DC9

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E37

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

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