#BC8A2E#BC8A2E

#BC8A2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.121 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 10.44, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 54.93, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0239 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.121 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3227, 29.0680, 6.5979)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2E #2E60BC

analogous

#BC432E #BC8A2E #A7BC2E

triadic

#BC8A2E #2EBC8A #8A2EBC

tetradic

#BC8A2E #2EBC43 #2E60BC #BC2EA7

square

#BC8A2E #2EBC43 #2E60BC #BC2EA7

split-complementary

#BC8A2E #2EA7BC #432EBC

monochromatic

#5A4216 #8B6622 #BC8A2E #D5A752 #E1C084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.121 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab6d',
    500: '#bc8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2e;
$custom-light: #d5ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66626,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2E

secondary

#7C97CA

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2E

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

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