#BC8C1E#BC8C1E

#BC8C1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.129 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C1E
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 8.75, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 60.67, 81.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0173 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.129 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3536, 29.5437, 5.3319)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C1E #1E4EBC

analogous

#BC3D1E #BC8C1E #9DBC1E

triadic

#BC8C1E #1EBC8C #8C1EBC

tetradic

#BC8C1E #1EBC3D #1E4EBC #BC1E9D

square

#BC8C1E #1EBC3D #1E4EBC #BC1E9D

split-complementary

#BC8C1E #1E9DBC #3D1EBC

monochromatic

#523D0D #876516 #BC8C1E #DFAC38 #E8C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BC8C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C1E

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C1E	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.129 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad65',
    500: '#bc8c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c1e;
$custom-light: #d5ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66924,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C1E

secondary

#6887CE

accent

#70EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C1E

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

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