#BC8F28#BC8F28

#BC8F28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.126 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F28
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 7.44, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 57.89, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0146 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.126 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9465, 30.4918, 6.2627)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F28 #2855BC

analogous

#BC4528 #BC8F28 #9FBC28

triadic

#BC8F28 #28BC8F #8F28BC

tetradic

#BC8F28 #28BC45 #2855BC #BC289F

square

#BC8F28 #28BC45 #2855BC #BC289F

split-complementary

#BC8F28 #289FBC #4528BC

monochromatic

#574213 #8A691D #BC8F28 #D8AD49 #E3C47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F28

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F28	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)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.126 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af6a',
    500: '#bc8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f28;
$custom-light: #d5af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F28

secondary

#758FCB

accent

#73E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F28

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

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