#BC8A29#BC8A29

#BC8A29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.124 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A29
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 10.23, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 56.79, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0227 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.124 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2298, 29.0308, 6.1088)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A29 #295BBC

analogous

#BC4129 #BC8A29 #A4BC29

triadic

#BC8A29 #29BC8A #8A29BC

tetradic

#BC8A29 #29BC41 #295BBC #BC29A4

square

#BC8A29 #29BC41 #295BBC #BC29A4

split-complementary

#BC8A29 #29A4BC #4129BC

monochromatic

#584013 #8A651E #BC8A29 #D8A84B #E3C07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A29

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A29	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.124 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6a',
    500: '#bc8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a29;
$custom-light: #d5ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6659,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A29

secondary

#7693CB

accent

#79E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A29

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

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