#BC8E2D#BC8E2D

#BC8E2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2D
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 8.19, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 55.91, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0173 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.123 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8877, 30.2291, 6.6901)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2D #2D5BBC

analogous

#BC462D #BC8E2D #A2BC2D

triadic

#BC8E2D #2DBC8E #8E2DBC

tetradic

#BC8E2D #2DBC46 #2D5BBC #BC2DA2

square

#BC8E2D #2DBC46 #2D5BBC #BC2DA2

split-complementary

#BC8E2D #2DA2BC #462DBC

monochromatic

#594315 #8B6921 #BC8E2D #D5AB51 #E1C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2D

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2D	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6d',
    500: '#bc8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2d;
$custom-light: #d5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67415,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2D

secondary

#7B94CA

accent

#77E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2D

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

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