#BC8428#BC8428

#BC8428 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8428
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 13.50, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 56.47, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0321 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.124 75)
XYZ	xyz(29.3755, 27.3496, 5.7390)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8428 #2860BC

analogous

#BC3A28 #BC8428 #AABC28

triadic

#BC8428 #28BC84 #8428BC

tetradic

#BC8428 #28BC3A #2860BC #BC28AA

square

#BC8428 #28BC3A #2860BC #BC28AA

split-complementary

#BC8428 #28AABC #3A28BC

monochromatic

#573D13 #8A611D #BC8428 #D8A249 #E3BC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC8428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8428

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8428	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)

#988718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a769',
    500: '#bc8428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8428;
$custom-light: #d5a769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65406,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.27347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8428

secondary

#7595CB

accent

#7FE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8428

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

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