#BC8F2E#BC8F2E

#BC8F2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F2E
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 7.69, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 55.70, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0159 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.122 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0566, 30.5358, 6.8425)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F2E #2E5BBC

analogous

#BC482E #BC8F2E #A2BC2E

triadic

#BC8F2E #2EBC8F #8F2EBC

tetradic

#BC8F2E #2EBC48 #2E5BBC #BC2EA2

square

#BC8F2E #2EBC48 #2E5BBC #BC2EA2

split-complementary

#BC8F2E #2EA2BC #482EBC

monochromatic

#5A4416 #8B6A22 #BC8F2E #D5AB52 #E1C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F2E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F2E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af6d',
    500: '#bc8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f2e;
$custom-light: #d5af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67623,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F2E

secondary

#7C95CA

accent

#77E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F2E

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

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