#BC8227#BC8227

#BC8227 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.124 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8227
RGBrgb(188, 130, 39)
HSLhsl(37, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(37, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.9%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.79, 14.57, 54.75)
CIE-LCHlch(58.79, 56.66, 75.10°)
OKLaboklab(65.01% 0.0351 0.119)
OKLCHoklch(65.01% 0.124 73.6)
XYZxyz(29.0901, 26.8057, 5.5610)
Luminance0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8227 #2761BC
analogous
#BC3727 #BC8227 #ACBC27
triadic
#BC8227 #27BC82 #8227BC
tetradic
#BC8227 #27BC37 #2761BC #BC27AC
square
#BC8227 #27BC37 #2761BC #BC27AC
split-complementary
#BC8227 #27ACBC #3727BC
monochromatic
#573C12 #895F1C #BC8227 #D9A047 #E3BA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30
#BC8227 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36
#BC8227 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8227
6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8227#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC82271.003.306.366.36
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3621.001.001.00
##0000006.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#978517
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4932A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD7370
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.124 73.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a668',
    500: '#bc8227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8227;
$custom-light: #d5a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65012,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8227
secondary
#7396CB
accent
#81E93F
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#150F07
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#BC8227 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva