#BC8F1B#BC8F1B

#BC8F1B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F1B
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 85.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 7.03, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 61.94, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0121 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.132 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7614, 30.4177, 5.2878)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F1B #1B48BC

analogous

#BC3F1B #BC8F1B #99BC1B

triadic

#BC8F1B #1BBC8F #8F1BBC

tetradic

#BC8F1B #1BBC3F #1B48BC #BC1B99

square

#BC8F1B #1BBC3F #1B48BC #BC1B99

split-complementary

#BC8F1B #1B99BC #3F1BBC

monochromatic

#513E0C #866613 #BC8F1B #E2B133 #E9C568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BC8F1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F1B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F1B	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af65',
    500: '#bc8f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f1b;
$custom-light: #d5af65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67512,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F1B

secondary

#6482CF

accent

#6BF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F1B

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

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