#BC8E32#BC8E32

#BC8E32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E32
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 8.42, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 53.97, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0186 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.12 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9898, 30.2700, 7.2275)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E32 #3260BC

analogous

#BC4932 #BC8E32 #A5BC32

triadic

#BC8E32 #32BC8E #8E32BC

tetradic

#BC8E32 #32BC49 #3260BC #BC32A5

square

#BC8E32 #32BC49 #3260BC #BC32A5

split-complementary

#BC8E32 #32A5BC #4932BC

monochromatic

#5B4518 #8C6925 #BC8E32 #D3AA58 #E0C389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E32

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E32	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)

#A18F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae70',
    500: '#bc8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e32;
$custom-light: #d5ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67454,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E32

secondary

#8099C9

accent

#7AE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E32

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

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