#BC8E33#BC8E33

#BC8E33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E33
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 8.47, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 53.57, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0188 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.119 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0116, 30.2787, 7.3424)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E33 #3361BC

analogous

#BC4A33 #BC8E33 #A6BC33

triadic

#BC8E33 #33BC8E #8E33BC

tetradic

#BC8E33 #33BC4A #3361BC #BC33A6

square

#BC8E33 #33BC4A #3361BC #BC33A6

split-complementary

#BC8E33 #33A6BC #4A33BC

monochromatic

#5C4519 #8C6A26 #BC8E33 #D2AA5A #DFC38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E33

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E33	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae70',
    500: '#bc8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e33;
$custom-light: #d4ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.854,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E33

secondary

#819AC9

accent

#7BE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E33

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

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