#BC8A27#BC8A27

#BC8A27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.125 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A27
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 10.15, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 57.50, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0223 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.125 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1958, 29.0172, 5.9296)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A27 #2759BC

analogous

#BC4027 #BC8A27 #A4BC27

triadic

#BC8A27 #27BC8A #8A27BC

tetradic

#BC8A27 #27BC40 #2759BC #BC27A4

square

#BC8A27 #27BC40 #2759BC #BC27A4

split-complementary

#BC8A27 #27A4BC #4027BC

monochromatic

#574012 #89651C #BC8A27 #D9A847 #E3C07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A27

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A27	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)

#9E8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.125 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab69',
    500: '#bc8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a27;
$custom-light: #d5ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66577,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A27

secondary

#7391CB

accent

#78E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A27

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

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