#BC8D1E#BC8D1E

#BC8D1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.130 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D1E
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 8.20, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 60.81, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0158 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.13 83)
XYZ	xyz(30.5004, 29.8372, 5.3808)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D1E #1E4DBC

analogous

#BC3E1E #BC8D1E #9CBC1E

triadic

#BC8D1E #1EBC8D #8D1EBC

tetradic

#BC8D1E #1EBC3E #1E4DBC #BC1E9C

square

#BC8D1E #1EBC3E #1E4DBC #BC1E9C

split-complementary

#BC8D1E #1E9CBC #3E1EBC

monochromatic

#523E0D #876516 #BC8D1E #DFAD38 #E8C36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BC8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D1E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D1E	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.130 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae65',
    500: '#bc8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d1e;
$custom-light: #d5ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67124,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.29835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D1E

secondary

#6886CE

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D1E

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

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