#BC8D2A#BC8D2A

#BC8D2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D2A
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 8.62, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 56.86, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0182 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.124 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6839, 29.9106, 6.3473)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D2A #2A59BC

analogous

#BC442A #BC8D2A #A2BC2A

triadic

#BC8D2A #2ABC8D #8D2ABC

tetradic

#BC8D2A #2ABC44 #2A59BC #BC2AA2

square

#BC8D2A #2ABC44 #2A59BC #BC2AA2

split-complementary

#BC8D2A #2AA2BC #442ABC

monochromatic

#584214 #8A671F #BC8D2A #D7AA4C #E2C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D2A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D2A	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)

#A08E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6b',
    500: '#bc8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d2a;
$custom-light: #d5ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67194,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D2A

secondary

#7792CB

accent

#76E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D2A

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

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