#BC8C28#BC8C28

#BC8C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8C28
RGBrgb(188, 140, 40)
HSLhsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.31, 9.09, 56.70)
CIE-LCHlch(61.31, 57.43, 80.89°)
OKLaboklab(66.98% 0.0193 0.1234)
OKLCHoklch(66.98% 0.125 81.1)
XYZxyz(30.5022, 29.6031, 6.1145)
Luminance0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8C28 #2858BC
analogous
#BC4228 #BC8C28 #A2BC28
triadic
#BC8C28 #28BC8C #8C28BC
tetradic
#BC8C28 #28BC42 #2858BC #BC28A2
square
#BC8C28 #28BC42 #2858BC #BC28A2
split-complementary
#BC8C28 #28A2BC #4228BC
monochromatic
#574113 #8A661D #BC8C28 #D8AA49 #E3C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03
#BC8C28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92
#BC8C28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C28
6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8C28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC8C281.003.036.926.92
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9221.001.001.00
##0000006.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8D15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD7E79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 81.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6a',
    500: '#bc8c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8c28;
$custom-light: #d5ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66981,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8C28
secondary
#7591CB
accent
#76E840
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#151007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C28

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#BC8C28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva