#BC9227#BC9227

#BC9227 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9227
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 5.76, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 58.75, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0096 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.127 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3862, 31.3979, 6.3264)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9227 #2751BC

analogous

#BC4727 #BC9227 #9CBC27

triadic

#BC9227 #27BC92 #9227BC

tetradic

#BC9227 #27BC47 #2751BC #BC279C

square

#BC9227 #27BC47 #2751BC #BC279C

split-complementary

#BC9227 #279CBC #4727BC

monochromatic

#574312 #896B1C #BC9227 #D9B047 #E3C67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9227

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9227	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b16a',
    500: '#bc9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9227;
$custom-light: #d5b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68181,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9227

secondary

#738CCB

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9227

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

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