#BC8D40#BC8D40

#BC8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D40
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 9.74, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 47.87, 78.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0243 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.11 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1912, 30.1135, 9.0192)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D40 #406FBC

analogous

#BC4F40 #BC8D40 #ADBC40

triadic

#BC8D40 #40BC8D #8D40BC

tetradic

#BC8D40 #40BC4F #406FBC #BC40AD

square

#BC8D40 #40BC4F #406FBC #BC40AD

split-complementary

#BC8D40 #40ADBC #4F40BC

monochromatic

#614921 #8E6B30 #BC8D40 #CDA86C #DDC39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BC8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D40

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D40	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae78',
    500: '#bc8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d40;
$custom-light: #d4ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67387,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D40

secondary

#8FA5C9

accent

#83D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D40

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

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