#BC8528#BC8528

#BC8528 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8528
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 12.95, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 56.57, 76.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0305 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.124 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5117, 27.6221, 5.7844)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8528 #285FBC

analogous

#BC3B28 #BC8528 #A9BC28

triadic

#BC8528 #28BC85 #8528BC

tetradic

#BC8528 #28BC3B #285FBC #BC28A9

square

#BC8528 #28BC3B #285FBC #BC28A9

split-complementary

#BC8528 #28A9BC #3B28BC

monochromatic

#573E13 #8A611D #BC8528 #D8A349 #E3BD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BC8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8528

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8528	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a869',
    500: '#bc8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8528;
$custom-light: #d5a869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.656,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8528

secondary

#7595CB

accent

#7EE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8528

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

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