#BC8927#BC8927

#BC8927 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.125 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8927
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 10.70, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 57.37, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0239 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.125 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.0530, 28.7316, 5.8820)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8927 #275ABC

analogous

#BC3E27 #BC8927 #A5BC27

triadic

#BC8927 #27BC89 #8927BC

tetradic

#BC8927 #27BC3E #275ABC #BC27A5

square

#BC8927 #27BC3E #275ABC #BC27A5

split-complementary

#BC8927 #27A5BC #3E27BC

monochromatic

#573F12 #89641C #BC8927 #D9A747 #E3BF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8927

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8927	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.125 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab69',
    500: '#bc8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8927;
$custom-light: #d5ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.463,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66379,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.28729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8927

secondary

#7392CB

accent

#79E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8927

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

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