#BC8B2C#BC8B2C

#BC8B2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B2C
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 9.80, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 55.83, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0218 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.123 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4283, 29.3408, 6.4431)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B2C #2C5DBC

analogous

#BC432C #BC8B2C #A5BC2C

triadic

#BC8B2C #2CBC8B #8B2CBC

tetradic

#BC8B2C #2CBC43 #2C5DBC #BC2CA5

square

#BC8B2C #2CBC43 #2C5DBC #BC2CA5

split-complementary

#BC8B2C #2CA5BC #432CBC

monochromatic

#594215 #8A6620 #BC8B2C #D6A84F #E1C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B2C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B2C	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)

#9E8C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6c',
    500: '#bc8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b2c;
$custom-light: #d5ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B2C

secondary

#7995CA

accent

#7AE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B2C

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

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