#BC9229#BC9229

#BC9229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9229
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 5.84, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 58.06, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.01 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.126 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4202, 31.4115, 6.5055)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9229 #2953BC

analogous

#BC4829 #BC9229 #9DBC29

triadic

#BC9229 #29BC92 #9229BC

tetradic

#BC9229 #29BC48 #2953BC #BC299D

square

#BC9229 #29BC48 #2953BC #BC299D

split-complementary

#BC9229 #299DBC #4829BC

monochromatic

#584413 #8A6B1E #BC9229 #D8AF4B #E3C67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9229

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9229	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)

#A59215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b16b',
    500: '#bc9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9229;
$custom-light: #d5b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9229

secondary

#768ECB

accent

#70E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9229

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

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