#BC8E2C#BC8E2C

#BC8E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2C
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, 8.15, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 56.28, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.017 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.123 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8687, 30.2215, 6.5899)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2C #2C5ABC

analogous

#BC462C #BC8E2C #A2BC2C

triadic

#BC8E2C #2CBC8E #8E2CBC

tetradic

#BC8E2C #2CBC46 #2C5ABC #BC2CA2

square

#BC8E2C #2CBC46 #2C5ABC #BC2CA2

split-complementary

#BC8E2C #2CA2BC #462CBC

monochromatic

#594315 #8A6920 #BC8E2C #D6AB4F #E1C381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2C	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)

#A18F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6c',
    500: '#bc8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2c;
$custom-light: #d5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67408,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2C

secondary

#7993CA

accent

#77E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2C

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

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