#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
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 14.57, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 56.66, 75.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0351 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.124 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0901, 26.8057, 5.5610)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC8227	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)

#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

Preview with #BC8227

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

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