#BC8B2D#BC8B2D

#BC8B2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B2D
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 9.84, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 55.45, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0221 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.122 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4474, 29.3484, 6.5433)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B2D #2D5EBC

analogous

#BC442D #BC8B2D #A5BC2D

triadic

#BC8B2D #2DBC8B #8B2DBC

tetradic

#BC8B2D #2DBC44 #2D5EBC #BC2DA5

square

#BC8B2D #2DBC44 #2D5EBC #BC2DA5

split-complementary

#BC8B2D #2DA5BC #442DBC

monochromatic

#594215 #8B6621 #BC8B2D #D5A851 #E1C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B2D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B2D	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6d',
    500: '#bc8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b2d;
$custom-light: #d5ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B2D

secondary

#7B96CA

accent

#7BE443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B2D

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

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