#BC8427#BC8427

#BC8427 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8427
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 13.46, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 56.83, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0319 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.124 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3587, 27.3429, 5.6505)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8427 #275FBC

analogous

#BC3A27 #BC8427 #AABC27

triadic

#BC8427 #27BC84 #8427BC

tetradic

#BC8427 #27BC3A #275FBC #BC27AA

square

#BC8427 #27BC3A #275FBC #BC27AA

split-complementary

#BC8427 #27AABC #3A27BC

monochromatic

#573D12 #89601C #BC8427 #D9A247 #E3BC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8427

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8427	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a769',
    500: '#bc8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8427;
$custom-light: #d5a769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8427

secondary

#7394CB

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8427

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

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