#BC8B27#BC8B27

#BC8B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.125 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B27
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 9.60, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 57.64, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0207 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.125 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3400, 29.3055, 5.9776)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B27 #2758BC

analogous

#BC4027 #BC8B27 #A3BC27

triadic

#BC8B27 #27BC8B #8B27BC

tetradic

#BC8B27 #27BC40 #2758BC #BC27A3

square

#BC8B27 #27BC40 #2758BC #BC27A3

split-complementary

#BC8B27 #27A3BC #4027BC

monochromatic

#574012 #89661C #BC8B27 #D9A947 #E3C17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B27

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B27	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.125 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac69',
    500: '#bc8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b27;
$custom-light: #d5ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66775,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B27

secondary

#7390CB

accent

#77E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B27

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

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