#BC8D2C#BC8D2C

#BC8D2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D2C
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 8.70, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 56.13, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0186 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.123 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7206, 29.9253, 6.5405)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D2C #2C5BBC

analogous

#BC452C #BC8D2C #A3BC2C

triadic

#BC8D2C #2CBC8D #8D2CBC

tetradic

#BC8D2C #2CBC45 #2C5BBC #BC2CA3

square

#BC8D2C #2CBC45 #2C5BBC #BC2CA3

split-complementary

#BC8D2C #2CA3BC #452CBC

monochromatic

#594315 #8A6820 #BC8D2C #D6AA4F #E1C281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D2C

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D2C	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)

#A08E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6c',
    500: '#bc8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d2c;
$custom-light: #d5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67208,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D2C

secondary

#7994CA

accent

#78E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D2C

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

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