#BC8F37#BC8F37

#BC8F37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F37
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 8.12, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 52.10, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0183 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.117 81)
XYZ	xyz(31.2530, 30.6144, 7.8768)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F37 #3764BC

analogous

#BC4C37 #BC8F37 #A7BC37

triadic

#BC8F37 #37BC8F #8F37BC

tetradic

#BC8F37 #37BC4C #3764BC #BC37A7

square

#BC8F37 #37BC4C #3764BC #BC37A7

split-complementary

#BC8F37 #37A7BC #4C37BC

monochromatic

#5D471B #8D6B29 #BC8F37 #D0AA60 #DEC38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F37

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F37	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)

#A1902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af73',
    500: '#bc8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f37;
$custom-light: #d4af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67697,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.30612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F37

secondary

#869DC9

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F37

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

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