#BC8827#BC8827

#BC8827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8827
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 11.25, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 57.25, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0255 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.125 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9115, 28.4486, 5.8348)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8827 #275BBC

analogous

#BC3D27 #BC8827 #A6BC27

triadic

#BC8827 #27BC88 #8827BC

tetradic

#BC8827 #27BC3D #275BBC #BC27A6

square

#BC8827 #27BC3D #275BBC #BC27A6

split-complementary

#BC8827 #27A6BC #3D27BC

monochromatic

#573F12 #89631C #BC8827 #D9A647 #E3BF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8827

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8827	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)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa69',
    500: '#bc8827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8827;
$custom-light: #d5aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66182,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8827

secondary

#7392CB

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8827

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

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