#BC8A2B#BC8A2B

#BC8A2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2B
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 10.31, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 56.06, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0232 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.123 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2656, 29.0451, 6.2973)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2B #2B5DBC

analogous

#BC412B #BC8A2B #A6BC2B

triadic

#BC8A2B #2BBC8A #8A2BBC

tetradic

#BC8A2B #2BBC41 #2B5DBC #BC2BA6

square

#BC8A2B #2BBC41 #2B5DBC #BC2BA6

split-complementary

#BC8A2B #2BA6BC #412BBC

monochromatic

#584114 #8A6520 #BC8A2B #D6A74E #E2C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2B

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2B	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6b',
    500: '#bc8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2b;
$custom-light: #d5ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66604,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2B

secondary

#7895CB

accent

#7AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2B

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

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