#BC9142#BC9142

#BC9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.109 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9142
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 7.67, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 47.69, 80.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0185 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.109 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8496, 31.3377, 9.5245)
Luminance	0.3134 (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

#BC9142 #426DBC

analogous

#BC5442 #BC9142 #AABC42

triadic

#BC9142 #42BC91 #9142BC

tetradic

#BC9142 #42BC54 #426DBC #BC42AA

square

#BC9142 #42BC54 #426DBC #BC42AA

split-complementary

#BC9142 #42AABC #5442BC

monochromatic

#614B22 #8F6E32 #BC9142 #CCAB6F #DCC69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BC9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9142

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9142	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.109 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b179',
    500: '#bc9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9142;
$custom-light: #d4b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9142

secondary

#91A5C9

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9142

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

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