#BC8623#BC8623

#BC8623 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8623
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 12.22, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 58.39, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0278 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.126 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5697, 27.8654, 5.4110)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8623 #2359BC

analogous

#BC3A23 #BC8623 #A5BC23

triadic

#BC8623 #23BC86 #8623BC

tetradic

#BC8623 #23BC3A #2359BC #BC23A5

square

#BC8623 #23BC3A #2359BC #BC23A5

split-complementary

#BC8623 #23A5BC #3A23BC

monochromatic

#553C10 #886119 #BC8623 #DCA541 #E5BD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8623

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8623	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a967',
    500: '#bc8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8623;
$custom-light: #d5a967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65764,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8623

secondary

#6F90CC

accent

#7AEB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8623

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

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