#BC8F35#BC8F35

#BC8F35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F35
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 8.02, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 52.92, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0178 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.118 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2061, 30.5956, 7.6294)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F35 #3562BC

analogous

#BC4B35 #BC8F35 #A6BC35

triadic

#BC8F35 #35BC8F #8F35BC

tetradic

#BC8F35 #35BC4B #3562BC #BC35A6

square

#BC8F35 #35BC4B #3562BC #BC35A6

split-complementary

#BC8F35 #35A6BC #4B35BC

monochromatic

#5D461A #8C6B28 #BC8F35 #D1AB5D #DFC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F35

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F35	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)

#A19029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af71',
    500: '#bc8f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f35;
$custom-light: #d4af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67679,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F35

secondary

#849BC9

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F35

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

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