#BC8D19#BC8D19

#BC8D19 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.132 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D19
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 25)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 8.07, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 62.18, 82.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.015 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.132 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4415, 29.8137, 5.0708)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D19 #1948BC

analogous

#BC3B19 #BC8D19 #9ABC19

triadic

#BC8D19 #19BC8D #8D19BC

tetradic

#BC8D19 #19BC3B #1948BC #BC199A

square

#BC8D19 #19BC3B #1948BC #BC199A

split-complementary

#BC8D19 #199ABC #3B19BC

monochromatic

#503C0B #866412 #BC8D19 #E3AF2F #EBC465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8D19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D19

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D19	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.132 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae64',
    500: '#bc8d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d19;
$custom-light: #d6ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67102,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D19

secondary

#6181CF

accent

#6CF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D19

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

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