#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
RGBrgb(188, 132, 39)
HSLhsl(37, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(37, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.8%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.29, 13.46, 55.21)
CIE-LCHlch(59.29, 56.83, 76.30°)
OKLaboklab(65.4% 0.0319 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(65.4% 0.124 75.1)
XYZxyz(29.3587, 27.3429, 5.6505)
Luminance0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BC84271.003.256.476.47
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4721.001.001.00
##0000006.4721.001.001.00

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

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#BC8427 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva