#BC8B19#BC8B19

#BC8B19 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.131 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B19
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 25)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 9.17, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 61.92, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0181 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.131 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1493, 29.2292, 4.9734)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B19 #194ABC

analogous

#BC3919 #BC8B19 #9CBC19

triadic

#BC8B19 #19BC8B #8B19BC

tetradic

#BC8B19 #19BC39 #194ABC #BC199C

square

#BC8B19 #19BC39 #194ABC #BC199C

split-complementary

#BC8B19 #199CBC #3919BC

monochromatic

#503B0B #866312 #BC8B19 #E3AD2F #EBC265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B19

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B19	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.131 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac63',
    500: '#bc8b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b19;
$custom-light: #d6ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66702,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B19

secondary

#6182CF

accent

#6EF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B19

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

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