#BC8826#BC8826

#BC8826 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8826
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 11.22, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 57.60, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0252 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.125 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8952, 28.4421, 5.7487)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8826 #265ABC

analogous

#BC3D26 #BC8826 #A5BC26

triadic

#BC8826 #26BC88 #8826BC

tetradic

#BC8826 #26BC3D #265ABC #BC26A5

square

#BC8826 #26BC3D #265ABC #BC26A5

split-complementary

#BC8826 #26A5BC #3D26BC

monochromatic

#563E11 #89631C #BC8826 #DAA646 #E4BF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8826

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8826	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa69',
    500: '#bc8826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8826;
$custom-light: #d5aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66175,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8826

secondary

#7291CC

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8826

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

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