#BC8423#BC8423

#BC8423 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.126 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8423
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 13.32, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 58.20, 76.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.031 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.126 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2959, 27.3178, 5.3197)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8423 #235BBC

analogous

#BC3723 #BC8423 #A7BC23

triadic

#BC8423 #23BC84 #8423BC

tetradic

#BC8423 #23BC37 #235BBC #BC23A7

square

#BC8423 #23BC37 #235BBC #BC23A7

split-complementary

#BC8423 #23A7BC #3723BC

monochromatic

#553C10 #886019 #BC8423 #DCA341 #E5BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BC8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8423

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8423	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98870F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.126 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a767',
    500: '#bc8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8423;
$custom-light: #d6a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.039,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65374,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8423

secondary

#6F91CC

accent

#7CEB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8423

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

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