#BC8F34#BC8F34

#BC8F34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F34
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 52)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 7.97, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 53.33, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0175 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.119 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1833, 30.5865, 7.5095)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F34 #3461BC

analogous

#BC4B34 #BC8F34 #A5BC34

triadic

#BC8F34 #34BC8F #8F34BC

tetradic

#BC8F34 #34BC4B #3461BC #BC34A5

square

#BC8F34 #34BC4B #3461BC #BC34A5

split-complementary

#BC8F34 #34A5BC #4B34BC

monochromatic

#5C4619 #8C6B27 #BC8F34 #D2AB5B #DFC38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F34

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F34	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af71',
    500: '#bc8f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f34;
$custom-light: #d4af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F34

secondary

#839AC9

accent

#7AE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F34

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

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