#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
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 9.09, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 57.43, 80.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0193 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.125 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5022, 29.6031, 6.1145)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC8C28	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#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

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

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