#BC8E27#BC8E27

#BC8E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.126 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E27
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 7.95, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 58.08, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0159 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.126 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7803, 30.1862, 6.1244)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E27 #2755BC

analogous

#BC4427 #BC8E27 #9FBC27

triadic

#BC8E27 #27BC8E #8E27BC

tetradic

#BC8E27 #27BC44 #2755BC #BC279F

square

#BC8E27 #27BC44 #2755BC #BC279F

split-complementary

#BC8E27 #279FBC #4427BC

monochromatic

#574112 #89681C #BC8E27 #D9AC47 #E3C37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E27

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E27	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.126 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6a',
    500: '#bc8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e27;
$custom-light: #d5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.477,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67375,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E27

secondary

#738FCB

accent

#74E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E27

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

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