#BC8A2F#BC8A2F

#BC8A2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.121 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A2F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 10.48, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 54.54, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0242 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.121 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3427, 29.0759, 6.7029)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A2F #2F61BC

analogous

#BC432F #BC8A2F #A7BC2F

triadic

#BC8A2F #2FBC8A #8A2FBC

tetradic

#BC8A2F #2FBC43 #2F61BC #BC2FA7

square

#BC8A2F #2FBC43 #2F61BC #BC2FA7

split-complementary

#BC8A2F #2FA7BC #432FBC

monochromatic

#5A4217 #8B6623 #BC8A2F #D4A754 #E0C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A2F

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A2F	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)

#9D8C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.121 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6e',
    500: '#bc8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a2f;
$custom-light: #d5ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A2F

secondary

#7D98CA

accent

#7DE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A2F

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

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