#BC8F24#BC8F24

#BC8F24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F24
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 7.30, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 59.25, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0137 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.128 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8820, 30.4660, 5.9227)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F24 #2451BC

analogous

#BC4324 #BC8F24 #9DBC24

triadic

#BC8F24 #24BC8F #8F24BC

tetradic

#BC8F24 #24BC43 #2451BC #BC249D

square

#BC8F24 #24BC43 #2451BC #BC249D

split-complementary

#BC8F24 #249DBC #4324BC

monochromatic

#554110 #89681A #BC8F24 #DBAE42 #E5C476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8F24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F24

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F24	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af68',
    500: '#bc8f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f24;
$custom-light: #d5af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67557,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F24

secondary

#708BCC

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F24

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

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