#BC8B2E#BC8B2E

#BC8B2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.121 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B2E
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 9.88, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 55.07, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0223 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.121 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4668, 29.3562, 6.6459)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B2E #2E5FBC

analogous

#BC442E #BC8B2E #A6BC2E

triadic

#BC8B2E #2EBC8B #8B2EBC

tetradic

#BC8B2E #2EBC44 #2E5FBC #BC2EA6

square

#BC8B2E #2EBC44 #2E5FBC #BC2EA6

split-complementary

#BC8B2E #2EA6BC #442EBC

monochromatic

#5A4216 #8B6722 #BC8B2E #D5A852 #E1C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BC8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BC8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B2E

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B2E	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)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.121 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6d',
    500: '#bc8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b2e;
$custom-light: #d5ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66824,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B2E

secondary

#7C97CA

accent

#7BE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B2E

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

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