#BC8E38#BC8E38

#BC8E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E38
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 8.72, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 51.51, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0202 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.116 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1278, 30.3252, 7.9545)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E38 #3866BC

analogous

#BC4C38 #BC8E38 #A8BC38

triadic

#BC8E38 #38BC8E #8E38BC

tetradic

#BC8E38 #38BC4C #3866BC #BC38A8

square

#BC8E38 #38BC4C #3866BC #BC38A8

split-complementary

#BC8E38 #38A8BC #4C38BC

monochromatic

#5E471C #8D6A2A #BC8E38 #D0A961 #DEC390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E38

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E38	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)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae73',
    500: '#bc8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e38;
$custom-light: #d4ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67506,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E38

secondary

#879EC9

accent

#7EDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E38

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

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