#BC8E30#BC8E30

#BC8E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E30
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 8.32, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 54.76, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.018 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.121 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9475, 30.2531, 7.0052)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E30 #305EBC

analogous

#BC4830 #BC8E30 #A4BC30

triadic

#BC8E30 #30BC8E #8E30BC

tetradic

#BC8E30 #30BC48 #305EBC #BC30A4

square

#BC8E30 #30BC48 #305EBC #BC30A4

split-complementary

#BC8E30 #30A4BC #4830BC

monochromatic

#5A4417 #8B6924 #BC8E30 #D4AA55 #E0C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E30

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E30	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)

#A18F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6e',
    500: '#bc8e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e30;
$custom-light: #d5ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E30

secondary

#7E97CA

accent

#79E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E30

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

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