#BC8E40#BC8E40

#BC8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.110 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E40
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 9.19, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 48.04, 78.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0227 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.11 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3393, 30.4098, 9.0686)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E40 #406EBC

analogous

#BC5040 #BC8E40 #ACBC40

triadic

#BC8E40 #40BC8E #8E40BC

tetradic

#BC8E40 #40BC50 #406EBC #BC40AC

square

#BC8E40 #40BC50 #406EBC #BC40AC

split-complementary

#BC8E40 #40ACBC #5040BC

monochromatic

#614921 #8E6C30 #BC8E40 #CDA96C #DDC49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BC8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E40

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E40	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.110 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae78',
    500: '#bc8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e40;
$custom-light: #d4ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67586,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E40

secondary

#8FA5C9

accent

#82D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E40

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

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