#BC8D28#BC8D28

#BC8D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D28
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 8.54, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 57.58, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0177 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.125 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6490, 29.8967, 6.1635)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D28 #2857BC

analogous

#BC4328 #BC8D28 #A1BC28

triadic

#BC8D28 #28BC8D #8D28BC

tetradic

#BC8D28 #28BC43 #2857BC #BC28A1

square

#BC8D28 #28BC43 #2857BC #BC28A1

split-complementary

#BC8D28 #28A1BC #4328BC

monochromatic

#574113 #8A671D #BC8D28 #D8AB49 #E3C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D28

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D28	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)

#A08E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6a',
    500: '#bc8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d28;
$custom-light: #d5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67181,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D28

secondary

#7590CB

accent

#75E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D28

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

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