#BC9027#BC9027

#BC9027 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9027
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 6.85, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 58.41, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0128 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.127 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0805, 30.7866, 6.2245)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9027 #2753BC

analogous

#BC4627 #BC9027 #9EBC27

triadic

#BC9027 #27BC90 #9027BC

tetradic

#BC9027 #27BC46 #2753BC #BC279E

square

#BC9027 #27BC46 #2753BC #BC279E

split-complementary

#BC9027 #279EBC #4627BC

monochromatic

#574212 #89691C #BC9027 #D9AE47 #E3C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC9027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC9027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9027

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9027	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b06a',
    500: '#bc9027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9027;
$custom-light: #d5b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67777,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9027

secondary

#738DCB

accent

#71E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9027

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

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