#BC8729#BC8729

#BC8729 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8729
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 11.88, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 56.42, 77.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0275 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.123 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8054, 28.1819, 5.9673)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8729 #295EBC

analogous

#BC3D29 #BC8729 #A8BC29

triadic

#BC8729 #29BC87 #8729BC

tetradic

#BC8729 #29BC3D #295EBC #BC29A8

square

#BC8729 #29BC3D #295EBC #BC29A8

split-complementary

#BC8729 #29A8BC #3D29BC

monochromatic

#583F13 #8A631E #BC8729 #D8A54B #E3BE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8729

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8729	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96a',
    500: '#bc8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8729;
$custom-light: #d5a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65998,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8729

secondary

#7695CB

accent

#7DE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8729

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

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