#BC8431#BC8431

#BC8431 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8431
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 13.88, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 53.05, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0344 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.119 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5468, 27.4181, 6.6412)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8431 #3169BC

analogous

#BC3E31 #BC8431 #AFBC31

triadic

#BC8431 #31BC84 #8431BC

tetradic

#BC8431 #31BC3E #3169BC #BC31AF

square

#BC8431 #31BC3E #3169BC #BC31AF

split-complementary

#BC8431 #31AFBC #3E31BC

monochromatic

#5B4018 #8B6224 #BC8431 #D3A157 #E0BC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC8431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC8431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8431

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8431	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76e',
    500: '#bc8431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8431;
$custom-light: #d5a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65475,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8431

secondary

#7F9DCA

accent

#85E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8431

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

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