#BC8C27#BC8C27

#BC8C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C27
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 9.05, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 57.78, 80.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0191 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.125 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4854, 29.5964, 6.0261)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C27 #2757BC

analogous

#BC4127 #BC8C27 #A2BC27

triadic

#BC8C27 #27BC8C #8C27BC

tetradic

#BC8C27 #27BC41 #2757BC #BC27A2

square

#BC8C27 #27BC41 #2757BC #BC27A2

split-complementary

#BC8C27 #27A2BC #4127BC

monochromatic

#574112 #89661C #BC8C27 #D9AA47 #E3C17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BC8C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C27

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C27	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6a',
    500: '#bc8c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c27;
$custom-light: #d5ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66975,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C27

secondary

#7390CB

accent

#76E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C27

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

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