#BC8930#BC8930

#BC8930 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.120 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8930
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 11.08, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 54.02, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.026 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.12 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2203, 28.7985, 6.7628)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8930 #3063BC

analogous

#BC4330 #BC8930 #A9BC30

triadic

#BC8930 #30BC89 #8930BC

tetradic

#BC8930 #30BC43 #3063BC #BC30A9

square

#BC8930 #30BC43 #3063BC #BC30A9

split-complementary

#BC8930 #30A9BC #4330BC

monochromatic

#5A4217 #8B6524 #BC8930 #D4A655 #E0BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8930

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8930	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.120 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6e',
    500: '#bc8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8930;
$custom-light: #d5ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66444,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8930

secondary

#7E9ACA

accent

#7FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8930

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

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