#BC8C31#BC8C31

#BC8C31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.120 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C31
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 9.47, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 54.05, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0215 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.12 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6735, 29.6716, 7.0168)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C31 #3161BC

analogous

#BC4731 #BC8C31 #A7BC31

triadic

#BC8C31 #31BC8C #8C31BC

tetradic

#BC8C31 #31BC47 #3161BC #BC31A7

square

#BC8C31 #31BC47 #3161BC #BC31A7

split-complementary

#BC8C31 #31A7BC #4731BC

monochromatic

#5B4418 #8B6824 #BC8C31 #D3A857 #E0C188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BC8C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C31

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C31	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.120 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6f',
    500: '#bc8c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c31;
$custom-light: #d5ad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C31

secondary

#7F99CA

accent

#7CE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C31

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →