#BC8F36#BC8F36

#BC8F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F36
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 8.07, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 52.51, 81.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.018 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.117 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2293, 30.6049, 7.7518)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F36 #3663BC

analogous

#BC4C36 #BC8F36 #A6BC36

triadic

#BC8F36 #36BC8F #8F36BC

tetradic

#BC8F36 #36BC4C #3663BC #BC36A6

square

#BC8F36 #36BC4C #3663BC #BC36A6

split-complementary

#BC8F36 #36A6BC #4C36BC

monochromatic

#5D471B #8C6B28 #BC8F36 #D1AA5E #DFC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F36

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F36	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)

#A1902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af72',
    500: '#bc8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f36;
$custom-light: #d4af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67688,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F36

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F36

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

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