#BC8A23#BC8A23

#BC8A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.127 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A23
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 10.01, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 58.86, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0214 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.127 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1330, 28.9921, 5.5988)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A23 #2355BC

analogous

#BC3D23 #BC8A23 #A1BC23

triadic

#BC8A23 #23BC8A #8A23BC

tetradic

#BC8A23 #23BC3D #2355BC #BC23A1

square

#BC8A23 #23BC3D #2355BC #BC23A1

split-complementary

#BC8A23 #23A1BC #3D23BC

monochromatic

#553E10 #886419 #BC8A23 #DCA941 #E5C074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A23

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A23	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.127 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab67',
    500: '#bc8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a23;
$custom-light: #d5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66552,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A23

secondary

#6F8DCC

accent

#76EB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A23

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

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