#BC9042#BC9042

#BC9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9042
RGBrgb(188, 144, 66)
HSLhsl(38, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(38, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.54, 8.22, 46.78)
CIE-LCHlch(62.54, 47.50, 80.04°)
OKLaboklab(68.01% 0.0201 0.1072)
OKLCHoklch(68.01% 0.109 79.4)
XYZxyz(31.6975, 31.0334, 9.4738)
Luminance0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9042 #426EBC
analogous
#BC5342 #BC9042 #ABBC42
triadic
#BC9042 #42BC90 #9042BC
tetradic
#BC9042 #42BC53 #426EBC #BC42AB
square
#BC9042 #42BC53 #426EBC #BC42AB
split-complementary
#BC9042 #42ABBC #5342BC
monochromatic
#614B22 #8F6D32 #BC9042 #CCAB6F #DCC59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#BC9042 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21
#BC9042 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9042
7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9042#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC90421.002.917.217.21
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2121.001.001.00
##0000007.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2913A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9C45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB837F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 79.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b079',
    500: '#bc9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9042;
$custom-light: #d4b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68007,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9042
secondary
#91A5C9
accent
#81D850
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4EE
border
#D4CEC9
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BC9042 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva