#BC9043#BC9043

#BC9043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.108 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9043
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 8.28, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 47.05, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0204 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.108 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7272, 31.0453, 9.6304)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9043 #436FBC

analogous

#BC5443 #BC9043 #ABBC43

triadic

#BC9043 #43BC90 #9043BC

tetradic

#BC9043 #43BC54 #436FBC #BC43AB

square

#BC9043 #43BC54 #436FBC #BC43AB

split-complementary

#BC9043 #43ABBC #5443BC

monochromatic

#624B23 #8F6D33 #BC9043 #CCAB70 #DCC59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC9043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BC9043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9043

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9043	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1913B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.108 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b07a',
    500: '#bc9043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9043;
$custom-light: #d4b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68018,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9043

secondary

#92A6C9

accent

#82D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9043

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

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