#BC8228#BC8228

#BC8228 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.124 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8228
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 14.60, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 56.30, 74.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0353 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.124 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1068, 26.8124, 5.6494)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8228 #2862BC

analogous

#BC3828 #BC8228 #ACBC28

triadic

#BC8228 #28BC82 #8228BC

tetradic

#BC8228 #28BC38 #2862BC #BC28AC

square

#BC8228 #28BC38 #2862BC #BC28AC

split-complementary

#BC8228 #28ACBC #3828BC

monochromatic

#573C13 #8A5F1D #BC8228 #D8A049 #E3BA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BC8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8228

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8228	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)

#968519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.124 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a669',
    500: '#bc8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8228;
$custom-light: #d5a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8228

secondary

#7597CB

accent

#82E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8228

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

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