#BC8931#BC8931

#BC8931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.119 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8931
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 11.12, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 53.62, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0263 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.119 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2411, 28.8068, 6.8727)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8931 #3164BC

analogous

#BC4431 #BC8931 #AABC31

triadic

#BC8931 #31BC89 #8931BC

tetradic

#BC8931 #31BC44 #3164BC #BC31AA

square

#BC8931 #31BC44 #3164BC #BC31AA

split-complementary

#BC8931 #31AABC #4431BC

monochromatic

#5B4218 #8B6624 #BC8931 #D3A657 #E0BF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8931

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8931	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)

#9C8B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.119 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6f',
    500: '#bc8931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8931;
$custom-light: #d5ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66452,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8931

secondary

#7F9ACA

accent

#7FE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8931

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

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