#BC8A2C#BC8A2C

#BC8A2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2C
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 10.35, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 55.69, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0234 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.122 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.2842, 29.0526, 6.3951)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2C #2C5EBC

analogous

#BC422C #BC8A2C #A6BC2C

triadic

#BC8A2C #2CBC8A #8A2CBC

tetradic

#BC8A2C #2CBC42 #2C5EBC #BC2CA6

square

#BC8A2C #2CBC42 #2C5EBC #BC2CA6

split-complementary

#BC8A2C #2CA6BC #422CBC

monochromatic

#594115 #8A6620 #BC8A2C #D6A74F #E1C081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2C

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2C	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)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6c',
    500: '#bc8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2c;
$custom-light: #d5ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66611,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.2905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2C

secondary

#7996CA

accent

#7BE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2C

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

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