#BC8D2B#BC8D2B

#BC8D2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D2B
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 8.66, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 56.50, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0184 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.124 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7020, 29.9179, 6.4427)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D2B #2B5ABC

analogous

#BC452B #BC8D2B #A2BC2B

triadic

#BC8D2B #2BBC8D #8D2BBC

tetradic

#BC8D2B #2BBC45 #2B5ABC #BC2BA2

square

#BC8D2B #2BBC45 #2B5ABC #BC2BA2

split-complementary

#BC8D2B #2BA2BC #452BBC

monochromatic

#584214 #8A6820 #BC8D2B #D6AA4E #E2C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D2B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D2B	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)

#A08E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6c',
    500: '#bc8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d2b;
$custom-light: #d5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67201,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D2B

secondary

#7893CB

accent

#77E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D2B

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

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