#BC9232#BC9232

#BC9232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9232
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 6.23, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 54.68, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0122 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.121 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5956, 31.4816, 7.4294)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9232 #325CBC

analogous

#BC4D32 #BC9232 #A1BC32

triadic

#BC9232 #32BC92 #9232BC

tetradic

#BC9232 #32BC4D #325CBC #BC32A1

square

#BC9232 #32BC4D #325CBC #BC32A1

split-complementary

#BC9232 #32A1BC #4D32BC

monochromatic

#5B4718 #8C6C25 #BC9232 #D3AE58 #E0C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BC9232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9232

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9232	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b170',
    500: '#bc9232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9232;
$custom-light: #d4b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9232

secondary

#8097C9

accent

#76E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9232

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

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