#BC8E2A#BC8E2A

#BC8E2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2A
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 8.07, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 57.02, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0166 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.124 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8320, 30.2069, 6.3967)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2A #2A58BC

analogous

#BC452A #BC8E2A #A1BC2A

triadic

#BC8E2A #2ABC8E #8E2ABC

tetradic

#BC8E2A #2ABC45 #2A58BC #BC2AA1

square

#BC8E2A #2ABC45 #2A58BC #BC2AA1

split-complementary

#BC8E2A #2AA1BC #452ABC

monochromatic

#584214 #8A681F #BC8E2A #D7AB4C #E2C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2A	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)

#A18E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6b',
    500: '#bc8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2a;
$custom-light: #d5ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.096,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67394,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2A

secondary

#7791CB

accent

#75E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2A

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

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