#BC8223#BC8223

#BC8223 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.126 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8223
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 14.43, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 58.03, 75.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0342 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.126 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0272, 26.7805, 5.2302)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8223 #235DBC

analogous

#BC3523 #BC8223 #A9BC23

triadic

#BC8223 #23BC82 #8223BC

tetradic

#BC8223 #23BC35 #235DBC #BC23A9

square

#BC8223 #23BC35 #235DBC #BC23A9

split-complementary

#BC8223 #23A9BC #3523BC

monochromatic

#553B10 #885E19 #BC8223 #DCA141 #E5BA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC8223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BC8223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8223

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8223	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.126 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a666',
    500: '#bc8223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8223;
$custom-light: #d6a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8223

secondary

#6F92CC

accent

#7FEB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8223

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

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