#BC8A2D#BC8A2D

#BC8A2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 10.39, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 55.31, 79.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0237 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.122 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3032, 29.0602, 6.4953)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2D #2D5FBC

analogous

#BC422D #BC8A2D #A6BC2D

triadic

#BC8A2D #2DBC8A #8A2DBC

tetradic

#BC8A2D #2DBC42 #2D5FBC #BC2DA6

square

#BC8A2D #2DBC42 #2D5FBC #BC2DA6

split-complementary

#BC8A2D #2DA6BC #422DBC

monochromatic

#594215 #8B6621 #BC8A2D #D5A751 #E1C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2D	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)

#9D8B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6c',
    500: '#bc8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2d;
$custom-light: #d5ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66619,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2D

secondary

#7B96CA

accent

#7CE443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2D

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

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