#BC8D27#BC8D27

#BC8D27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.126 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D27
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 8.50, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 57.93, 81.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0175 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.126 82)
XYZ	xyz(30.6322, 29.8899, 6.0751)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D27 #2756BC

analogous

#BC4327 #BC8D27 #A1BC27

triadic

#BC8D27 #27BC8D #8D27BC

tetradic

#BC8D27 #27BC43 #2756BC #BC27A1

square

#BC8D27 #27BC43 #2756BC #BC27A1

split-complementary

#BC8D27 #27A1BC #4327BC

monochromatic

#574112 #89671C #BC8D27 #D9AB47 #E3C27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D27

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D27	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.126 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6a',
    500: '#bc8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d27;
$custom-light: #d5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.074,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67174,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.29888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D27

secondary

#738FCB

accent

#75E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D27

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

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