#BC8B2A#BC8B2A

#BC8B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.124 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B2A
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 9.72, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 56.57, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0213 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.124 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3916, 29.3261, 6.2499)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B2A #2A5BBC

analogous

#BC422A #BC8B2A #A4BC2A

triadic

#BC8B2A #2ABC8B #8B2ABC

tetradic

#BC8B2A #2ABC42 #2A5BBC #BC2AA4

square

#BC8B2A #2ABC42 #2A5BBC #BC2AA4

split-complementary

#BC8B2A #2AA4BC #422ABC

monochromatic

#584114 #8A661F #BC8B2A #D7A84C #E2C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BC8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B2A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B2A	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)

#9E8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.124 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6b',
    500: '#bc8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b2a;
$custom-light: #d5ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66795,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B2A

secondary

#7793CB

accent

#79E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B2A

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

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