#BC8B2B#BC8B2B

#BC8B2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B2B
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 9.76, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 56.20, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0216 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.123 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4098, 29.3334, 6.3453)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B2B #2B5CBC

analogous

#BC422B #BC8B2B #A5BC2B

triadic

#BC8B2B #2BBC8B #8B2BBC

tetradic

#BC8B2B #2BBC42 #2B5CBC #BC2BA5

square

#BC8B2B #2BBC42 #2B5CBC #BC2BA5

split-complementary

#BC8B2B #2BA5BC #422BBC

monochromatic

#584114 #8A6620 #BC8B2B #D6A84E #E2C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B2B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B2B	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6b',
    500: '#bc8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b2b;
$custom-light: #d5ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66802,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B2B

secondary

#7894CB

accent

#79E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B2B

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

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