#BC8D2D#BC8D2D

#BC8D2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8D2D
RGBrgb(188, 141, 45)
HSLhsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSVhsv(40, 76%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.60, 8.74, 55.06)
CIE-LCHlch(61.60, 55.75, 80.98°)
OKLaboklab(67.22% 0.0189 0.121)
OKLCHoklch(67.22% 0.122 81.1)
XYZxyz(30.7396, 29.9329, 6.6407)
Luminance0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8D2D #2D5CBC
analogous
#BC462D #BC8D2D #A3BC2D
triadic
#BC8D2D #2DBC8D #8D2DBC
tetradic
#BC8D2D #2DBC46 #2D5CBC #BC2DA3
square
#BC8D2D #2DBC46 #2D5CBC #BC2DA3
split-complementary
#BC8D2D #2DA3BC #462DBC
monochromatic
#594315 #8B6821 #BC8D2D #D5AA51 #E1C282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#BC8D2D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#BC8D2D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D2D
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8D2D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC8D2D1.003.016.996.99
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08E1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9A31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC7F7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 81.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6d',
    500: '#bc8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8d2d;
$custom-light: #d5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67215,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8D2D
secondary
#7B95CA
accent
#78E443
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EC
border
#D4CEC7
text
#151007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D2D

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

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#BC8D2D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva