#BC8D32#BC8D32

#BC8D32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D32
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, 8.97, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 53.81, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0201 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.119 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8416, 29.9737, 7.1781)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D32 #3261BC

analogous

#BC4832 #BC8D32 #A6BC32

triadic

#BC8D32 #32BC8D #8D32BC

tetradic

#BC8D32 #32BC48 #3261BC #BC32A6

square

#BC8D32 #32BC48 #3261BC #BC32A6

split-complementary

#BC8D32 #32A6BC #4832BC

monochromatic

#5B4418 #8C6925 #BC8D32 #D3A958 #E0C289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BC8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BC8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D32

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D32	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)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6f',
    500: '#bc8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d32;
$custom-light: #d5ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D32

secondary

#8099C9

accent

#7BE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D32

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

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