#BC8426#BC8426

#BC8426 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.125 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8426
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 38)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 13.42, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 57.18, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0316 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.125 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3423, 27.3363, 5.5644)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8426 #265EBC

analogous

#BC3926 #BC8426 #A9BC26

triadic

#BC8426 #26BC84 #8426BC

tetradic

#BC8426 #26BC39 #265EBC #BC26A9

square

#BC8426 #26BC39 #265EBC #BC26A9

split-complementary

#BC8426 #26A9BC #3926BC

monochromatic

#563D11 #89601C #BC8426 #DAA246 #E4BC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC8426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8426

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8426	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.125 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a768',
    500: '#bc8426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8426;
$custom-light: #d5a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65392,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8426

secondary

#7294CC

accent

#7EE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8426

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

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