#BC8C2E#BC8C2E

#BC8C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.122 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C2E
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 9.33, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 55.22, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0207 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.122 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6123, 29.6471, 6.6944)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C2E #2E5EBC

analogous

#BC452E #BC8C2E #A5BC2E

triadic

#BC8C2E #2EBC8C #8C2EBC

tetradic

#BC8C2E #2EBC45 #2E5EBC #BC2EA5

square

#BC8C2E #2EBC45 #2E5EBC #BC2EA5

split-complementary

#BC8C2E #2EA5BC #452EBC

monochromatic

#5A4316 #8B6722 #BC8C2E #D5A952 #E1C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C2E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C2E	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.122 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6d',
    500: '#bc8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c2e;
$custom-light: #d5ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67023,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C2E

secondary

#7C96CA

accent

#7AE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C2E

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

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