#BC8F27#BC8F27

#BC8F27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.126 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F27
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 7.40, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 58.24, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0143 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.126 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9298, 30.4851, 6.1742)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F27 #2754BC

analogous

#BC4427 #BC8F27 #9FBC27

triadic

#BC8F27 #27BC8F #8F27BC

tetradic

#BC8F27 #27BC44 #2754BC #BC279F

square

#BC8F27 #27BC44 #2754BC #BC279F

split-complementary

#BC8F27 #279FBC #4427BC

monochromatic

#574212 #89681C #BC8F27 #D9AD47 #E3C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F27

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F27	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.126 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af6a',
    500: '#bc8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f27;
$custom-light: #d5af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67575,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F27

secondary

#738ECB

accent

#72E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F27

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

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