#BC9231#BC9231

#BC9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9231
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 6.18, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 55.08, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0119 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.122 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5743, 31.4731, 7.3171)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9231 #315BBC

analogous

#BC4D31 #BC9231 #A1BC31

triadic

#BC9231 #31BC92 #9231BC

tetradic

#BC9231 #31BC4D #315BBC #BC31A1

square

#BC9231 #31BC4D #315BBC #BC31A1

split-complementary

#BC9231 #31A1BC #4D31BC

monochromatic

#5B4718 #8B6C24 #BC9231 #D3AE57 #E0C588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BC9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9231

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9231	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)

#A49223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b16f',
    500: '#bc9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9231;
$custom-light: #d4b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68251,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9231

secondary

#7F96CA

accent

#75E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9231

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

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