#BC8A31#BC8A31

#BC8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.119 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A31
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 10.57, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 53.76, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0247 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.119 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3839, 29.0924, 6.9203)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A31 #3163BC

analogous

#BC4431 #BC8A31 #A9BC31

triadic

#BC8A31 #31BC8A #8A31BC

tetradic

#BC8A31 #31BC44 #3163BC #BC31A9

square

#BC8A31 #31BC44 #3163BC #BC31A9

split-complementary

#BC8A31 #31A9BC #4431BC

monochromatic

#5B4318 #8B6624 #BC8A31 #D3A757 #E0C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BC8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BC8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A31

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A31	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)

#9D8C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.119 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bc8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a31;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A31

secondary

#7F9ACA

accent

#7EE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A31

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →