#BC8B31#BC8B31

#BC8B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.120 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B31
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 10.02, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 53.90, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0231 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.12 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5281, 29.3807, 6.9683)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B31 #3162BC

analogous

#BC4631 #BC8B31 #A8BC31

triadic

#BC8B31 #31BC8B #8B31BC

tetradic

#BC8B31 #31BC46 #3162BC #BC31A8

square

#BC8B31 #31BC46 #3162BC #BC31A8

split-complementary

#BC8B31 #31A8BC #4631BC

monochromatic

#5B4318 #8B6724 #BC8B31 #D3A757 #E0C188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BC8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B31

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B31	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.120 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bc8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b31;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66848,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B31

secondary

#7F99CA

accent

#7DE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B31

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

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