#BC9230#BC9230

#BC9230 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9230
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 6.13, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 55.47, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0117 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.122 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5534, 31.4648, 7.2071)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9230 #305ABC

analogous

#BC4C30 #BC9230 #A0BC30

triadic

#BC9230 #30BC92 #9230BC

tetradic

#BC9230 #30BC4C #305ABC #BC30A0

square

#BC9230 #30BC4C #305ABC #BC30A0

split-complementary

#BC9230 #30A0BC #4C30BC

monochromatic

#5A4617 #8B6C24 #BC9230 #D4AE55 #E0C586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BC9230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9230

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9230	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b16f',
    500: '#bc9230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9230;
$custom-light: #d5b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68243,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9230

secondary

#7E95CA

accent

#74E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9230

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

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