#BC8E39#BC8E39

#BC8E39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E39
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 8.78, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 51.08, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0205 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.115 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1525, 30.3350, 8.0846)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E39 #3967BC

analogous

#BC4C39 #BC8E39 #A8BC39

triadic

#BC8E39 #39BC8E #8E39BC

tetradic

#BC8E39 #39BC4C #3967BC #BC39A8

square

#BC8E39 #39BC4C #3967BC #BC39A8

split-complementary

#BC8E39 #39A8BC #4C39BC

monochromatic

#5E471D #8D6B2B #BC8E39 #D0A963 #DEC392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E39

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E39	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae74',
    500: '#bc8e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e39;
$custom-light: #d4ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67515,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E39

secondary

#889FC9

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E39

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

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