#BC8828#BC8828

#BC8828 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8828
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 11.29, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 56.90, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0257 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.124 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9283, 28.4553, 5.9232)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8828 #285CBC

analogous

#BC3E28 #BC8828 #A6BC28

triadic

#BC8828 #28BC88 #8828BC

tetradic

#BC8828 #28BC3E #285CBC #BC28A6

square

#BC8828 #28BC3E #285CBC #BC28A6

split-complementary

#BC8828 #28A6BC #3E28BC

monochromatic

#573F13 #8A631D #BC8828 #D8A649 #E3BF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8828

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8828	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)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa6a',
    500: '#bc8828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8828;
$custom-light: #d5aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66188,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8828

secondary

#7593CB

accent

#7BE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8828

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

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