#BC8342#BC8342

#BC8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.108 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8342
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 15.39, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 45.79, 70.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0412 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.108 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8407, 27.3198, 8.8548)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8342 #427BBC

analogous

#BC4642 #BC8342 #B8BC42

triadic

#BC8342 #42BC83 #8342BC

tetradic

#BC8342 #42BC46 #427BBC #BC42B8

square

#BC8342 #42BC46 #427BBC #BC42B8

split-complementary

#BC8342 #42B8BC #4642BC

monochromatic

#614422 #8F6332 #BC8342 #CCA16F #DCBE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BC8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BC8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8342

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8342	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.108 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a779',
    500: '#bc8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8342;
$custom-light: #d4a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.967,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8342

secondary

#91ABC9

accent

#8FD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8342

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

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