#BC8E31#BC8E31

#BC8E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E31
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 8.37, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 54.37, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0183 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.12 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9684, 30.2614, 7.1151)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E31 #315FBC

analogous

#BC4931 #BC8E31 #A5BC31

triadic

#BC8E31 #31BC8E #8E31BC

tetradic

#BC8E31 #31BC49 #315FBC #BC31A5

square

#BC8E31 #31BC49 #315FBC #BC31A5

split-complementary

#BC8E31 #31A5BC #4931BC

monochromatic

#5B4518 #8B6924 #BC8E31 #D3AA57 #E0C388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E31

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E31	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)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6f',
    500: '#bc8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e31;
$custom-light: #d5ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67446,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E31

secondary

#7F98CA

accent

#7AE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E31

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

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