#BC9140#BC9140

#BC9140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.111 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9140
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 7.54, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 48.58, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0178 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.111 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7917, 31.3145, 9.2193)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9140 #406BBC

analogous

#BC5340 #BC9140 #A9BC40

triadic

#BC9140 #40BC91 #9140BC

tetradic

#BC9140 #40BC53 #406BBC #BC40A9

square

#BC9140 #40BC53 #406BBC #BC40A9

split-complementary

#BC9140 #40A9BC #5340BC

monochromatic

#614B21 #8E6E30 #BC9140 #CDAB6C #DDC59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#BC9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9140

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9140	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.111 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b178',
    500: '#bc9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9140;
$custom-light: #d4b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68187,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9140

secondary

#8FA3C9

accent

#7FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9140

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

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