#BC8628#BC8628

#BC8628 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8628
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 12.39, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 56.67, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0289 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.124 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6493, 27.8972, 5.8302)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8628 #285EBC

analogous

#BC3C28 #BC8628 #A8BC28

triadic

#BC8628 #28BC86 #8628BC

tetradic

#BC8628 #28BC3C #285EBC #BC28A8

square

#BC8628 #28BC3C #285EBC #BC28A8

split-complementary

#BC8628 #28A8BC #3C28BC

monochromatic

#573E13 #8A621D #BC8628 #D8A449 #E3BD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC8628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC8628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8628

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8628	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a969',
    500: '#bc8628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8628;
$custom-light: #d5a969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65796,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8628

secondary

#7594CB

accent

#7DE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8628

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

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