#BC8E2B#BC8E2B

#BC8E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2B
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, 8.11, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 56.65, 81.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0168 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.124 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8501, 30.2141, 6.4921)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2B #2B59BC

analogous

#BC462B #BC8E2B #A1BC2B

triadic

#BC8E2B #2BBC8E #8E2BBC

tetradic

#BC8E2B #2BBC46 #2B59BC #BC2BA1

square

#BC8E2B #2BBC46 #2B59BC #BC2BA1

split-complementary

#BC8E2B #2BA1BC #462BBC

monochromatic

#584314 #8A6820 #BC8E2B #D6AB4E #E2C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2B

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2B	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)

#A18F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6c',
    500: '#bc8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2b;
$custom-light: #d5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67401,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2B

secondary

#7892CB

accent

#76E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2B

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

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