#BC8E28#BC8E28

#BC8E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.125 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E28
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 7.99, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 57.73, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0161 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.125 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7971, 30.1929, 6.2128)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E28 #2856BC

analogous

#BC4428 #BC8E28 #A0BC28

triadic

#BC8E28 #28BC8E #8E28BC

tetradic

#BC8E28 #28BC44 #2856BC #BC28A0

square

#BC8E28 #28BC44 #2856BC #BC28A0

split-complementary

#BC8E28 #28A0BC #4428BC

monochromatic

#574213 #8A681D #BC8E28 #D8AC49 #E3C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E28

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E28	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)

#A18E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.125 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6a',
    500: '#bc8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e28;
$custom-light: #d5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67381,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E28

secondary

#7590CB

accent

#74E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E28

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

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