#BC8E2E#BC8E2E

#BC8E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2E
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 8.23, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 55.53, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0175 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.122 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9072, 30.2369, 6.7927)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2E #2E5CBC

analogous

#BC472E #BC8E2E #A3BC2E

triadic

#BC8E2E #2EBC8E #8E2EBC

tetradic

#BC8E2E #2EBC47 #2E5CBC #BC2EA3

square

#BC8E2E #2EBC47 #2E5CBC #BC2EA3

split-complementary

#BC8E2E #2EA3BC #472EBC

monochromatic

#5A4416 #8B6922 #BC8E2E #D5AB52 #E1C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2E	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)

#A18F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6d',
    500: '#bc8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2e;
$custom-light: #d5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67423,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2E

secondary

#7C95CA

accent

#78E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2E

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

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