#BC8B28#BC8B28

#BC8B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.125 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B28
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 9.64, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 57.29, 80.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0209 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.125 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3567, 29.3122, 6.0661)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B28 #2859BC

analogous

#BC4128 #BC8B28 #A3BC28

triadic

#BC8B28 #28BC8B #8B28BC

tetradic

#BC8B28 #28BC41 #2859BC #BC28A3

square

#BC8B28 #28BC41 #2859BC #BC28A3

split-complementary

#BC8B28 #28A3BC #4128BC

monochromatic

#574013 #8A661D #BC8B28 #D8A949 #E3C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B28

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B28	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)

#9E8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.125 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6a',
    500: '#bc8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b28;
$custom-light: #d5ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66782,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B28

secondary

#7591CB

accent

#78E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B28

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

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