#BC8A30#BC8A30

#BC8A30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A30
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 10.53, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 54.15, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0244 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.12 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3631, 29.0841, 6.8104)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A30 #3062BC

analogous

#BC4430 #BC8A30 #A8BC30

triadic

#BC8A30 #30BC8A #8A30BC

tetradic

#BC8A30 #30BC44 #3062BC #BC30A8

square

#BC8A30 #30BC44 #3062BC #BC30A8

split-complementary

#BC8A30 #30A8BC #4430BC

monochromatic

#5A4217 #8B6624 #BC8A30 #D4A755 #E0C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A30

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A30	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6e',
    500: '#bc8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a30;
$custom-light: #d5ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66642,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A30

secondary

#7E99CA

accent

#7DE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A30

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

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