#BC8819#BC8819

#BC8819 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8819
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 25)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 10.82, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 61.58, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0229 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.131 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7209, 28.3723, 4.8306)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8819 #194DBC

analogous

#BC3719 #BC8819 #9FBC19

triadic

#BC8819 #19BC88 #8819BC

tetradic

#BC8819 #19BC37 #194DBC #BC199F

square

#BC8819 #19BC37 #194DBC #BC199F

split-complementary

#BC8819 #199FBC #3719BC

monochromatic

#503A0B #866112 #BC8819 #E3AA2F #EBC065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC8819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC8819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8819

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8819	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9961F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa63',
    500: '#bc8819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8819;
$custom-light: #d6aa63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.859,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66107,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8819

secondary

#6185CF

accent

#71F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8819

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

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