#BC8B1D#BC8B1D

#BC8B1D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.130 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B1D
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 29)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 9.28, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 60.83, 81.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0187 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.13 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1956, 29.2477, 5.2172)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B1D #1D4EBC

analogous

#BC3B1D #BC8B1D #9EBC1D

triadic

#BC8B1D #1DBC8B #8B1DBC

tetradic

#BC8B1D #1DBC3B #1D4EBC #BC1D9E

square

#BC8B1D #1DBC3B #1D4EBC #BC1D9E

split-complementary

#BC8B1D #1D9EBC #3B1DBC

monochromatic

#523D0D #876415 #BC8B1D #E0AC36 #E8C26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BC8B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B1D

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B1D	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)

#AA9823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.130 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac65',
    500: '#bc8b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b1d;
$custom-light: #d5ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6672,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B1D

secondary

#6787CE

accent

#71F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B1D

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

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