#BC8928#BC8928

#BC8928 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.124 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8928
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 10.74, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 57.02, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0241 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.124 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0698, 28.7383, 5.9704)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8928 #285BBC

analogous

#BC3F28 #BC8928 #A5BC28

triadic

#BC8928 #28BC89 #8928BC

tetradic

#BC8928 #28BC3F #285BBC #BC28A5

square

#BC8928 #28BC3F #285BBC #BC28A5

split-complementary

#BC8928 #28A5BC #3F28BC

monochromatic

#573F13 #8A641D #BC8928 #D8A749 #E3BF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8928

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8928	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)

#9D8B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.124 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6a',
    500: '#bc8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8928;
$custom-light: #d5ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66386,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8928

secondary

#7592CB

accent

#7AE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8928

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

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