#BC8D2F#BC8D2F

#BC8D2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D2F
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, 8.83, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 54.99, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0194 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.121 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7790, 29.9487, 6.8484)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D2F #2F5EBC

analogous

#BC462F #BC8D2F #A4BC2F

triadic

#BC8D2F #2FBC8D #8D2FBC

tetradic

#BC8D2F #2FBC46 #2F5EBC #BC2FA4

square

#BC8D2F #2FBC46 #2F5EBC #BC2FA4

split-complementary

#BC8D2F #2FA4BC #462FBC

monochromatic

#5A4417 #8B6823 #BC8D2F #D4A954 #E0C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BC8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D2F

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D2F	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6e',
    500: '#bc8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d2f;
$custom-light: #d5ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6723,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D2F

secondary

#7D97CA

accent

#79E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D2F

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

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