#BC8230#BC8230

#BC8230 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.119 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8230
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 48)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 14.94, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 53.27, 73.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0373 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.119 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2573, 26.8726, 6.4418)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8230 #306ABC

analogous

#BC3C30 #BC8230 #B0BC30

triadic

#BC8230 #30BC82 #8230BC

tetradic

#BC8230 #30BC3C #306ABC #BC30B0

square

#BC8230 #30BC3C #306ABC #BC30B0

split-complementary

#BC8230 #30B0BC #3C30BC

monochromatic

#5A3F17 #8B6024 #BC8230 #D49F55 #E0BB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC8230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8230

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8230	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.119 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66d',
    500: '#bc8230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8230;
$custom-light: #d5a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8230

secondary

#7E9DCA

accent

#86E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8230

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

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