#BC8F2A#BC8F2A

#BC8F2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.125 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F2A
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 7.52, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 57.18, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.015 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.125 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9815, 30.5057, 6.4465)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F2A #2A57BC

analogous

#BC462A #BC8F2A #A0BC2A

triadic

#BC8F2A #2ABC8F #8F2ABC

tetradic

#BC8F2A #2ABC46 #2A57BC #BC2AA0

square

#BC8F2A #2ABC46 #2A57BC #BC2AA0

split-complementary

#BC8F2A #2AA0BC #462ABC

monochromatic

#584314 #8A691F #BC8F2A #D7AC4C #E2C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F2A

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F2A	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)

#A28F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.125 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af6b',
    500: '#bc8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f2a;
$custom-light: #d5af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67595,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F2A

secondary

#7791CB

accent

#74E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F2A

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

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