#BC8F32#BC8F32

#BC8F32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F32
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 7.87, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 54.14, 81.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.017 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.12 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1392, 30.5689, 7.2773)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F32 #325FBC

analogous

#BC4A32 #BC8F32 #A4BC32

triadic

#BC8F32 #32BC8F #8F32BC

tetradic

#BC8F32 #32BC4A #325FBC #BC32A4

square

#BC8F32 #32BC4A #325FBC #BC32A4

split-complementary

#BC8F32 #32A4BC #4A32BC

monochromatic

#5B4518 #8C6A25 #BC8F32 #D3AB58 #E0C389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC8F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F32

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F32	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)

#A28F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af70',
    500: '#bc8f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f32;
$custom-light: #d5af70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F32

secondary

#8098C9

accent

#79E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F32

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

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