#BC8F33#BC8F33

#BC8F33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F33
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 7.92, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 53.74, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0172 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.119 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1610, 30.5776, 7.3922)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F33 #3360BC

analogous

#BC4B33 #BC8F33 #A5BC33

triadic

#BC8F33 #33BC8F #8F33BC

tetradic

#BC8F33 #33BC4B #3360BC #BC33A5

square

#BC8F33 #33BC4B #3360BC #BC33A5

split-complementary

#BC8F33 #33A5BC #4B33BC

monochromatic

#5C4619 #8C6A26 #BC8F33 #D2AB5A #DFC38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F33

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F33	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af70',
    500: '#bc8f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f33;
$custom-light: #d4af70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F33

secondary

#8199C9

accent

#7AE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F33

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

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