#BC8A2A#BC8A2A

#BC8A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2A
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 10.27, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 56.43, 79.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0229 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.123 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2475, 29.0379, 6.2018)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2A #2A5CBC

analogous

#BC412A #BC8A2A #A5BC2A

triadic

#BC8A2A #2ABC8A #8A2ABC

tetradic

#BC8A2A #2ABC41 #2A5CBC #BC2AA5

square

#BC8A2A #2ABC41 #2A5CBC #BC2AA5

split-complementary

#BC8A2A #2AA5BC #412ABC

monochromatic

#584114 #8A651F #BC8A2A #D7A74C #E2C07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2A	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)

#9D8B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6b',
    500: '#bc8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2a;
$custom-light: #d5ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66597,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2A

secondary

#7794CB

accent

#7AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2A

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

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